Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for , one of the main ports for the South Island of , in the region. It is visited by several cruise ships each summer. In 2021, it was home to 1,500 people.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Chalmers Municipal Building and Holy Trinity Church.

Town hall
is a town hall.

Church
Photo: Benchill, Public domain.
is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Port Chalmers, , New Zealand. Completed in 1874, the Academic Gothic Revival church building is constructed in volcanic stone and has some fine stained glass, and is listed as a Category I Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawyers Bay and Roseneath.

Quarter
is a suburb of the city of . It is located 1.5 kilometres to the southwest of Port Chalmers in a wide valley on the shore of Mussel Bay, 13 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.

Quarter
is a small suburb of the city of , located on the northwestern shore of , 12 kilometres to the northeast of Dunedin city centre.

Quarter
is a village beside the halfway along the in , New Zealand. It lies at the foot of a small peninsula between Bay and Latham Bay. is situated 3½ km southeast of Port Chalmers.

Port Chalmers

Latitude
-45.8151° or 45° 48′ 54″ south
Longitude
170.6223° or 170° 37′ 20″ east
Population
1,460
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
Named after
Dr Thomas Chalmers
United Nations Location Code
NZ POE
Open location code
4V6G5JMC+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243637230
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
2208238
Wiki­data ID
Q2104693
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Port Chalmers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ميناء تشالمرز
  • Asturian: Port Chalmers
  • Catalan: Koputai
  • Catalan: Port Chalmers (Nova Zelanda)
  • Catalan: Port Chalmers
  • Chinese: 查尔姆斯港
  • Dutch: Port Chalmers
  • French: Port Chalmers
  • German: Port Chalmers
  • Hungarian: Port Chalmers
  • Italian: Port Chalmers
  • Japanese: ポート・チャーマーズ
  • Malay: Pelabuhan Chalmers
  • Maori: Kōpūtai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Port Chalmers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Port Chalmers
  • Norwegian: Port Chalmers
  • Portuguese: Port Chalmers
  • Spanish: Port Chalmers
  • Turkish: Port Chalmers

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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 Wikivoyage page “Port Chalmers”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.