Punakaiki
Punakaiki is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and has the Department of Conservation Centre for the surrounding Paparoa National Park. It has great coastal scenery and is best known for the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of 83 metres (272 feet)
- Description: locality in Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre and Putai Blowhole.
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre
Tourism office
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre is a tourism office.
Putai Blowhole
Bernard Spragg. NZ, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Miko and Pororari.
Punakaiki
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-42.1086° or 42° 6′ 31″ south
Longitude
171.3353° or 171° 20′ 7″ east
Open location code
4V9HV8RP+H4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Punakaiki” goes by many names.
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