New Zealand
South Island
Southland

The Catlins

The Catlins 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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  • 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

Latitude
-46.3583° or 46° 21′ 30″ south
Longitude
169.1774° or 169° 10′ 39″ east
Open location code
4V5FJ5RG+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10574105257
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1819369
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Satellite Map

Discover The Catlins from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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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 “The Catlins”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.