Ōrau Marine Reserve
Ōrau Marine Reserve is a nature reserve in Otago, South Island. Ōrau Marine Reserve is situated nearby to the quarter Ocean Grove, as well as near the suburb Andersons Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Smaills Beach and Tomahawk Beach.
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.
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.
Chisholm Park Golf Links
Golf course
Dunedin Golf Club is a golf club and links course in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located in the southern coastal suburb of Tahuna, close to Andersons Bay Cemetery and the coastal headland of Lawyers Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunedin and St Kilda.
Dunedin
Photo: Benchill, Public domain.
Dunedin, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city of the South Island of New Zealand. Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.
St Kilda
Suburb
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Kilda is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. A densely populated residential suburb, it lies on the southern part of the city's central plain, to the southwest of the head of the harbour and immediately north of Ocean Beach, parts of which are within the suburb and form its major geographical feature.
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.
Ōrau Marine Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-45.9116° or 45° 54′ 42″ southLongitude
170.5592° or 170° 33′ 33″ eastOpen location code
4V6G3HQ5+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1551421117OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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