The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology. Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is situated 4 km southeast of Hawkins Hill Radar.

Wrights Hill Fortress

Castle

Photo: Jaydenm, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1944 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplacements, magazines, plotting rooms and engine room – which are, at some points, over 50 feet underground. Wrights Hill Fortress is situated 4 km north of Hawkins Hill Radar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Happy Valley and Ōwhiro Bay.

Happy Valley

Quarter

Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast. Happy Valley is situated 2½ km east of Hawkins Hill Radar.

Ōwhiro Bay

Suburb

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019. Ōwhiro Bay is situated 3 km southeast of Hawkins Hill Radar.

Kingston

Suburb

Photo: HenryCrun15, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kingston is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south of Brooklyn and Mornington. The suburb was developed in the 1960s, when there was more "cut and fill" earthworks in new subdivisions to provide flat sections. Kingston is situated 3½ km east of Hawkins Hill Radar.

Hawkins Hill Radar

Latitude

-41.32987° or 41° 19′ 48″ south

Longitude

174.72557° or 174° 43′ 32″ east

Open location code

4VCPMPCG+36

OpenStreetMap ID

way 326150567

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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