Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8. It is a service town for the surrounding farming district.
- Type: Town with 1,480 residents
- Description: locality in Timaru District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Pleasant Point Town District” and “Pleasant Point, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pleasant Point Museum and Railway and Pleasant Point Railway Station.
Pleasant Point Museum and Railway
Museum
The Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society is a heritage railway located in the small country town of Pleasant Point in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, inland from Timaru.
Pleasant Point
- Category: locality
- Location: Timaru District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.2597° or 44° 15′ 35″ south
Longitude
171.1296° or 171° 7′ 47″ east
Population
1,480
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
4V7HP4RH+4R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Pleasant Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pleasant Point”
- Dutch: “Pleasant Point, New Zealand”
- French: “Pleasant Point”
- German: “Pleasant Point”
- Japanese: “プレザント・ポイント”
- Malay: “Pleasant Point, New Zealand”
- Polish: “Pleasant Point”
- Turkish: “Pleasant Point”
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