Lake Crichton

Lake Crichton is a lake in Selwyn District, Canterbury. Lake Crichton is situated nearby to the village Dunsandel, as well as near the hamlet Selwyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunsandel and Selwyn.

Dunsandel

Village

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dunsandel is a small rural town in the Canterbury region of the South Island, New Zealand. The town is located on the Canterbury Plains just south of the Selwyn River / Waikirikiri and about 40 km south of Christchurch. Dunsandel is situated 4½ km northeast of Lake Crichton.

Selwyn

Hamlet

Photo: brian nz, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selwyn is a village in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. It was laid out in the 1860s for a population of 2,000 people, but it currently has very few houses. Selwyn is situated 7 km northeast of Lake Crichton.

Lake Crichton

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in New Zealand
Category: lake
Location: Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.69332° or 43° 41′ 36″ south

Longitude

172.16636° or 172° 9′ 59″ east

Open location code

4V8J8548+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26745177

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q85173442

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