Southland

Southland is the southernmost region in the of . It boasts stunning landscapes from the high mountains and icy glaciers to green and lush grasslands on the plains where agriculture is king.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Fiordland National Park and Invercargill.

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, covering 12,607 km2, is 's largest national park with its snow-capped mountains, fiords and contains one of New Zealand's wildest and most dramatic landscapes.

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, the most southerly city in , was built in the late 19th and early 20th century, and its wide streets and century old buildings give the visitor a unique feeling of stepping back in time to when business was conducted in a more sedate and considered manner and the streets were paved with Central gold.

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/ Piopiotahi is a spectacular glacier-carved fiord and town in on the west coast of and is one of New Zealand's most well known scenic attractions.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Te Anau and Bluff.

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is a small town on the shore of Lake , in the Southland region of the . It is the gateway to and Milford Road.

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is a small port town and the southernmost town on the of . It is 30 km south of the city of .

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is a town of 8,200 people in the Southland region of that is known as the world's capital of brown trout fishing, and New Zealand's capital of country music. It is on State Highway 1 about an hour's drive from .

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is a hilly, forested coastal area in the south-eastern corner of the . Its attractions include coastal scenery, marine mammals such as fur seals, sea lions and rare Hector's dolphins, rare yellow-eyed penguins, native forest walks and birdlife, and the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay.

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is a rural service town on the River, 13 km south of , in the Southland region of the of .

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is a town of 222 in the Southland region of the of . It isn't an attraction of itself, but rather serves as a gateway for exploring the southern fiords and sounds of , most prominently and Dusky Sound.

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is a small stopover town of 180 along the way to in Southland. It's not much of a destination of its own, but there have been growing efforts to make it given its prime location.
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Southland

Latitude of center
-45.6667° or 45° 40′ south
Longitude of center
168° east
Population
104,000
Elevation
517 metres (1,696 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2182501
Wiki­data ID
Q864971
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Southland” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ መሬት”
  • Arabic: “إقليم سوثلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Rechión de Southland”
  • Armenian: “Սաութլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Southland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub torpağı”
  • Basque: “Southland eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Саўтленд”
  • Bengali: “সাউথল্যান্ড অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Саутланд”
  • Catalan: “Southland”
  • Cebuano: “Southland”
  • Chinese: “南地”
  • Chinese: “南地大区”
  • Chinese: “南地大區”
  • Chinese: “南部地区”
  • Danish: “Southland Region”
  • Dutch: “Southland”
  • Esperanto: “Murihiku”
  • Esperanto: “Southland”
  • Esperanto: “sudlanda regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Sudlanda regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Sudlando Regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Sudlando”
  • Estonian: “Southlandi piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Southland”
  • French: “région de Southland”
  • French: “Southland”
  • Galician: “Southland”
  • Georgian: “საუთლანდის რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “საუთლენდის რეგიონი”
  • German: “NZ-STL”
  • German: “Southland”
  • Greek: “Σάουθλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણલેન્ડ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Ƙasa ta Kudu”
  • Hebrew: “סאוסלנד”
  • Hebrew: “סאות’לנד”
  • Hindi: “साउथलैंड क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “साउथलैण्ड क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Region Southland”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Southland”
  • Italian: “Southland”
  • Japanese: “サウスランド地方”
  • Javanese: “Tanah Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік жер”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк жер”
  • Korean: “사우스랜드 지방”
  • Korean: “사우슬랜드 지방”
  • Korean: “사우슬랜드”
  • Latvian: “Sautlenda”
  • Latvian: “Sautlendas reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Sautlando regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Soutlando regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Саутленд”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Southland”
  • Maori: “Murihiku”
  • Maori: “Takiwā o Murihiku”
  • Maori: “Te Taurapa o Te Waka”
  • Marathi: “साउथलँड प्रदेश”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة ساوتلاند”
  • Northern Frisian: “Southland Regiuun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Southland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southland, New Zealand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Southland på New Zealand”
  • Norwegian: “Southland”
  • Oromo: “Lafaa Kibba”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਭੂਮੀ”
  • Persian: “سرزمین جنوبی، نیوزیلند”
  • Persian: “منطقه ساوتلند”
  • Polish: “Southland”
  • Portuguese: “Southland”
  • Pushto: “سوېل ځمکه”
  • Russian: “Сауслэнд”
  • Russian: “Саутленд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Southland Region”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Southland”
  • Sinhala: “සවුත්ලන්ඩ් කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “සවුත්ලන්ඩ් කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “NZ-STL”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Southland”
  • Slovenian: “Southland Region”
  • Somali: “Dhulka Koonfur”
  • Spanish: “Región de Southland”
  • Spanish: “Southland”
  • Swahili: “Nchi ya Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Southland”
  • Tajik: “Замини Ҷануб”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு லாந்து பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк туфрағы”
  • Telugu: “సౌత్‌లాండ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เซาท์แลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Southland Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Southland”
  • Ukrainian: “Саутленд”
  • Urdu: “ساؤتھ لینڈ ریجن”
  • Urdu: “ساؤتھ لینڈ، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Janub er”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Southland”
  • Western Armenian: “Սաութլենտի շրջան”

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