Otago
Otago is a region of the South Island of New Zealand whose hilly country and sheltered valleys produce a variety of climates and some spectacular scenery. This article covers the coastal areas and Central Otago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dunedin and Port Chalmers.
Dunedin
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Dunedin, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city of the South Island of New Zealand. Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.
Port Chalmers
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Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for Dunedin, one of the main ports for the South Island of New Zealand, in the Otago region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Oamaru and Alexandra.
Oamaru
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Oamaru is a town in North Otago, New Zealand, with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.
Alexandra
Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River, on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell. It has a population of 6,150 as of June 2024.
Ranfurly
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Ranfurly is a town in the Central Otago District of Otago, New Zealand. Ranfurly is well known for its Art Deco buildings, such as its hotel and the milk bar.
Cromwell
Cromwell, originally known as "The Junction", is a town in central Otago, New Zealand. It sits right at the confluence of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, on the South Island.
Milton
The little town of Milton is north of Balclutha and about 50km south of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand.
Blueskin Bay
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Blueskin Bay is in Otago, New Zealand, 25 km north of Dunedin, 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of Christchurch. The area's small towns and villages of Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Evansdale and Doctors Point attract lifestyle-commuter types who work in the city and alternative dudes who want to do their own thing.
Otago
- Type: region of New Zealand with 251,000 residents
- Description: region in the southeast of New Zealand’s South Island
- Also known as: “Otago Region”
- Neighbors: Canterbury, Southland, and West Coast
- Location: South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Otago” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوتاغو”
- Aragonese: “Otago”
- Armenian: “Օտագոյի շրջան”
- Basque: “Otago eskualdea”
- Bengali: “ওটাগো অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Otago”
- Bulgarian: “Отаго”
- Catalan: “Otago”
- Catalan: “Regió d’Otago”
- Cebuano: “Otago”
- Chinese: “奥塔哥”
- Chinese: “奥塔哥地区”
- Chinese: “奥塔哥大区”
- Chinese: “奥塔戈”
- Chinese: “奧塔哥”
- Chinese: “奧塔哥大區”
- Czech: “Otago”
- Danish: “Otago Region”
- Dutch: “Otago”
- Esperanto: “Otago”
- Estonian: “Otago piirkond”
- Finnish: “Otago”
- French: “Otago”
- French: “région d’Otago”
- French: “South Otago”
- Galician: “Otago”
- Galician: “Rexión de Otago”
- Georgian: “ოტაგოს რეგიონი”
- German: “NZ-OTA”
- German: “Otago”
- Greek: “Oτάγκο”
- Gujarati: “ઑટાગો પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “אוטאגו”
- Hebrew: “אוטגו”
- Hindi: “ओटागो क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Otago régió”
- Indonesian: “Otago”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Otago”
- Italian: “Otago”
- Japanese: “オタゴ”
- Japanese: “オタゴ地方”
- Kannada: “ಒಟಾಗೋ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Отаго (аймақ)”
- Kazakh: “Отаго”
- Korean: “오타고 지방”
- Korean: “오타고”
- Latvian: “Otago reģions”
- Latvian: “Otago”
- Lithuanian: “Otagas”
- Lithuanian: “Otago regionas”
- Macedonian: “Отаго”
- Malay: “Wilayah Otago”
- Maori: “Ōtākou”
- Maori: “Takiwā o Ō Tākou”
- Marathi: “ओटॅगो प्रदेश”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة أوطاݣو”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Otago”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Otago”
- Norwegian: “Otago”
- Persian: “اوتاگو”
- Polish: “Otago”
- Portuguese: “Otago”
- Romanian: “North Otago”
- Romanian: “Otago”
- Russian: “Отаго”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Otago Region”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otago”
- Sinhala: “ඔටාගෝ කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ඔටාගෝ කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “NZ-OTA”
- Slovenian: “Otago”
- Spanish: “Otago”
- Spanish: “Región de Otago”
- Swedish: “Otago”
- Tamil: “ஒடாகோ பகுதி”
- Tamil: “ஒடாகோ”
- Telugu: “ఓటాగో ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เขตโอทาโก”
- Turkish: “Otago Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Otago”
- Ukrainian: “Отаго”
- Urdu: “اوٹاگو”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Otago”
- Welsh: “Otago”
- Western Armenian: “Օթակոյի շրջան”
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