Sumpter Wharf

Sumpter Wharf is a pier in Otago, South Island. Access is restricted and requires permission. Sumpter Wharf is situated nearby to the railway station Quarry Siding, as well as near Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waitaki District Council and St Luke’s Anglican Church.

Waitaki District Council

Government office

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

The Waitaki District Council building, the former Oamaru Chief Post Office, is the seat of the Waitaki District in Oamaru, New Zealand. Oamaru's first post office was built in 1864 to a design by William Mason and William Clayton. Waitaki District Council is situated 1 km northwest of Sumpter Wharf.

St Luke’s Anglican Church

Church

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

St Luke’s Anglican Church is situated 1 km northwest of Sumpter Wharf.

Oamaru Public Library

Library

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oamaru Public Library is situated 1¼ km northwest of Sumpter Wharf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oamaru and Weston.

Oamaru

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oamaru is a town in North Otago, New Zealand, with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.

Weston

Suburb

Weston is a town situated 5 km inland from Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand. It is regarded as one of the more affluent towns of the Waitaki District and had a population of 1,050 in the 2018 census. Weston is situated 6 km northwest of Sumpter Wharf.

Pukeuri

Hamlet

Pukeuri is a settlement to the north of Oamaru in the North Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located near the coast in the Waitaki District that straddles the border of Otago and Canterbury. Pukeuri is situated 9 km northeast of Sumpter Wharf.

Sumpter Wharf

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Pier
Category: transportation
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.10859° or 45° 6′ 31″ south

Longitude

170.97722° or 170° 58′ 38″ east

Inception

1884

Open location code

4V6GVXRG+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 95639805

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

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