Auckland Cenotaph
Auckland Cenotaph is a memorial in Auckland Region, North Island. Auckland Cenotaph is situated nearby to Court of Honour, as well as near the fountain Lest We Forget.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: cenotaph at Auckland Domain, Auckland, New Zealand
- Inscription: “The Glorious Dead”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auckland War Memorial Museum and Auckland Domain.
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 2.0.
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Auckland War Memorial Museum is situated 100 metres south of Auckland Cenotaph.
Auckland Domain
Park
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
The Auckland Domain, also known as Pukekawa / Auckland Domain, is a large park in Auckland, New Zealand. Consisting of 75 hectares of land, Auckland Domain is the oldest park in the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parnell and Carlaw Park.
Parnell
Suburb
Parnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.
Carlaw Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.
Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.
Newmarket
Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Newmarket is a central Auckland suburb. Newmarket was originally an independent borough from 1885 to 1989, when it was abolished. Newmarket was established as a livestock market since the 1850s and grew to become a retail and commercial centre for Auckland, with the main road Broadway being the focal point of this activity.
Auckland Cenotaph
- Categories: cenotaph, war memorial, and historic site
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.85984° or 36° 51′ 35″ southLongitude
174.77781° or 174° 46′ 40″ eastInception
November 28th, 1929Open location code
4VMP4QRH+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 958058632OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q77336618
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to German—“Auckland Cenotaph” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Aucklandský kenotaf”
- German: “Auckland Kenotaph”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Court of Honour and Lest We Forget.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as 1929 Espresso Bar and Tuitui Museum Bistro & Café.
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