Puke Coal

Puke Coal is a landfill in , . Puke Coal is situated nearby to the peak , as well as near the hamlet .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant.

Photo: Impavidus87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Waikato Carbonisation Plant, was a coal processing plant in the / area, . It was also the first plant to use the Lurgi process in the Southern Hemisphere. is situated 2 km northeast of Puke Coal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Afton and Rotowaro.

Hamlet
and Pukemiro are twin settlements in the , in northern region of New Zealand's . The nearest town is , some 14 km away.

Locality
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was once a small coal mining township approximately 10 km west of in the region of . The town was built especially for miners houses, but was entirely removed in the 1980s to make way for a large opencast mine. is situated 5 km northeast of Puke Coal.

Hamlet
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is a former mining village, 9.5 km west of , which was, until 1958, terminus of the Line. It then went into decline, but is now becoming a home for commuters. is situated 7 km south of Puke Coal.

Puke Coal

Latitude
-37.61176° or 37° 36′ 42″ south
Longitude
175.04791° or 175° 2′ 53″ east
Open location code
4VJQ92QX+75
Open­Street­Map ID
way 430276911
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­landfill
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Satellite Map

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Highlights include Hangapipi and Pukemiro Junction.

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