Tomahawk Lagoon (Top Lagoon)

Tomahawk Lagoon (Top Lagoon) is in Dunedin City, Otago. Tomahawk Lagoon (Top Lagoon) is situated near the park Tomahawk Lagoon Reserve, as well as near the quarter Ocean Grove.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tomahawk Lagoon and Tomahawk Beach.

Tomahawk Lagoon

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomahawk Lagoon is a twin-lobed lagoon, located at the western end of the Otago Peninsula within the city limits of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies close to the southeastern edge of the city's main urban area, near the suburb of Ocean Grove, which lies close to its southern shore.

Tomahawk Beach

Beach

Tomahawk Beach is a beach on the Pacific Ocean 7.5 kilometres southeast of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located within the Ocean Grove Reserve between St Kilda Beach and Smaills Beach, at the point where Otago Peninsula joins the mainland of the South Island, Tomahawk Beach is a white sand beach popular with casual beach-goers and dog-walkers as well as surfers.

Smaills Beach

Beach

Photo: VeryRarelyStable, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smaills Beach is a beach on the Pacific Ocean 7.6 kilometres southeast of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located within the Ocean Grove Reserve adjacent to Tomahawk Beach, at the point where Otago Peninsula joins the mainland of the South Island, Smaills Beach is a white sand beach for much of its length, but its western end is covered in volcanic boulders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean Grove and Shiel Hill.

Ocean Grove

Quarter

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ocean Grove, also known as Tomahawk, is a suburb in the southeast of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. A semi-rural residential suburb on the Pacific coast at the southwestern end of the Otago Peninsula, Ocean Grove is located 6.5 kilometres southeast of Dunedin city centre.

Shiel Hill

Suburb

Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, 3.2 kilometres southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the peninsula to the mainland.

Andersons Bay

Suburb

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Andersons Bay is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located in the southeast of the city's urban area, 2.8 kilometres southeast of the city's centre.

Tomahawk Lagoon (Top Lagoon)

Type: Body of water
Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.90101° or 45° 54′ 4″ south

Longitude

170.54994° or 170° 32′ 60″ east

Open location code

4V6G3GXX+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 150887459

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tomahawk Lagoon Reserve and Tomahawk Playground.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ocean Grove Terminus and Tomahawk Rd, Ocean Grove.

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