Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef
Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef is a reef in Otago, South Island. Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef is situated nearby to the locality Kātiki, as well as near the village Moeraki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 2½ km northwest of Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef.
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. Kātiki is situated 4½ km west of Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef.
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 6 km northwest of Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef.
Shag Point
Hamlet
Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag. Shag Point is situated 9 km southwest of Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef.
Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef
- Type: Reef
- Category: landform
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-45.4014° or 45° 24′ 5″ southLongitude
170.89647° or 170° 53′ 47″ eastOpen location code
4V6GHVXW+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 89611564OpenStreetMap feature
natural=reef
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penguin Lookout and Penguin Lookout.
Nearby Places
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