Bucket Fountain
The Bucket Fountain is an iconic kinetic sculpture in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is located in Cuba Mall, which is part of Cuba Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Fountain
- Description: kinetic sculpture in Wellington, New Zealand
- Also known as: “The Bucket Fountain”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wellington Opera House and Museum of New Zealand.
Wellington Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wellington Opera House is a proscenium theatre in Wellington, New Zealand, located on Manners Street opposite Te Aro Park. Wellington Opera House is situated 160 metres northeast of Bucket Fountain.
Museum of New Zealand
Museum
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Museum of New Zealand is situated 520 metres northeast of Bucket Fountain.
James Smiths
Shopping center
James Smiths is a shopping center, which is situated 160 metres northeast of Bucket Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Aro and Aro Valley.
Te Aro
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.
Aro Valley
Suburb
Photo: Silenceisfoo, Public domain.
The Aro Valley forms a small inner-city suburb of Wellington in New Zealand. It takes its name from the stream which originally flowed where modern Hōniana Te Puni Street is.
Mount Cook
Suburb
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Cook is an inner city suburb of New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, The North Island, New Zealand, 1.74km dead south of Wellington's Central Business District.
Bucket Fountain
- Categories: sculpture, kinetic sculpture, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.29223° or 41° 17′ 32″ southLongitude
174.77632° or 174° 46′ 35″ eastOpen location code
4VCPPQ5G+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 175059306OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7720471
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Bucket Fountain” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Bucket Fountain”
- Spanish: “Fuente The Bucket”
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Highlights include Greater Wellington Regional Council and Te Auaha.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bucket Fountain”. Photo: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0.