The Catlins
The Catlins is a hilly, forested coastal area in the south-eastern corner of the South Island. 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.
- Type: Locality
- Description: coastal region in the Clutha District of the South Island of New Zealand
- Also known as: “Catlins” and “The Catlins Coast”
The Catlins
- Category: territory
- Location: Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-46.3583° or 46° 21′ 30″ south
Longitude
169.1774° or 169° 10′ 39″ east
Open location code
4V5FJ5RG+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover The Catlins from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“The Catlins” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡特林斯海岸”
- Esperanto: “The Catlins”
- French: “The Catlins”
- German: “Catlins Coast”
- German: “Catlins”
- German: “The Catlins”
- Hebrew: “הקטלינים”
- Ido: “The Catlins”
- Indonesian: “Catlins”
- Japanese: “カトリンズ”
- Portuguese: “The Catlins”
- Russian: “Те-Кэтлинс”
- Spanish: “The Catlins”
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