Kowai Pass Cemetery

Kowai Pass Cemetery is a cemetery in Canterbury, South Island. Kowai Pass Cemetery is situated near Springfield Creek Bridge, as well as near Faulkner Way Bridge.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Springfield, New Zealand
Also known as: “Springfield Cemetery” and “St Peter’s Church Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Springfield Doughnut.

Springfield Doughnut

Work of art

Photo: Mrfebruary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Springfield Doughnut is a sculpture of a pink doughnut with sprinkles located in Springfield, New Zealand. It is based on the doughnut frequently featured in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, which is set in a city also named Springfield. Springfield Doughnut is situated 640 metres northwest of Kowai Pass Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springfield and Sheffield.

Springfield

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Springfield is a small town in the foothills of the Torlesse Range on the way to the Craigieburn ski fields and Arthur's Pass. It was an important source of coal for Christchurch and later became an important staging post to service the stage coaches travelling to the West Coast.

Sheffield

Village

Photo: purplespace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sheffield is a small village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, near the Waimakariri Gorge. Sheffield has a close association with its neighbouring village Waddington, which is 1 kilometre further south-east along State Highway 73. Sheffield is situated 9 km southeast of Kowai Pass Cemetery.

Kowai Pass Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.34063° or 43° 20′ 26″ south

Longitude

171.93429° or 171° 56′ 4″ east

Open location code

4V8HMW5M+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 292128195

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q105655353

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St Peter’s Church and Faulkner Way Bridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Kowai Pass Sth African War memorial and Bowler Cottage.

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