Te Waimātaitai
Te Waimātaitai is a pond in Otago, South Island. Te Waimātaitai is situated nearby to the locality Kātiki, as well as near the peak Moeraki.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kātiki Point Lighthouse.
Kātiki Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hayden5650, Public domain.
The Kātiki Point Lighthouse, also known as Moeraki Lighthouse, shone for the first time in 1878, following several accidents on the dangerous reefs around the area, to make the area safer for ships that sailed past on their way to Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Kātiki Point Lighthouse is situated 1¼ km southeast of Te Waimātaitai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kātiki and Moeraki.
Kātiki
Locality
Kātiki is a small settlement in North Otago, New Zealand. It lies between the townships of Palmerston and Hampden on State Highway 1 at the northern end of Kātiki Beach, close to the Moeraki Peninsula.
Moeraki
Village
Photo: jokertrekker, CC BY 3.0.
Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railway line, the Moeraki Branch, was built to the settlement and opened in 1877. Moeraki is situated 3 km north of Te Waimātaitai.
Hampden
Village
Hampden, a small town in North Otago, New Zealand, lies close to the North Otago coast, 35 kilometres south of Oamaru and 80 kilometres north of the city of Dunedin, to both of which it is connected by State Highway 1. Hampden is situated 7 km north of Te Waimātaitai.
Te Waimātaitai
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-45.38729° or 45° 23′ 14″ southLongitude
170.8519° or 170° 51′ 7″ eastOpen location code
4V6GJV72+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 521905093OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Te Raka-a-Hineatea and Penguin Lookout.
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