Velodrome Substation

Velodrome Substation is an electrical substation in Wellington, Greater Wellington. Velodrome Substation is situated nearby to the athletics track Hataitai Velodrome, as well as near Marist St. Patricks Rugby Football Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of New Zealand and Gifford Observatory.

Museum of New Zealand

Museum

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Museum of New Zealand is situated 2 km northwest of Velodrome Substation.

Gifford Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Gifford Observatory is an astronomical observation facility located in the suburb of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand. Operated by the Gifford Observatory Trust with the intent of making it available for use to Wellington school children, it is primarily used by secondary school students, and members of the Wellington Astronomical Society. Gifford Observatory is situated 600 metres west of Velodrome Substation.

Government House

Manor estate

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Government House is the principal residence of the governor-general of New Zealand, the representative of the New Zealand head of state, King Charles III. Government House is situated 780 metres west of Velodrome Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hataitai and Mount Victoria.

Hataitai

Suburb

Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hataitai is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, 3.5 kilometres southeast of the city centre. The suburb extends over the southeastern flank of Mount Victoria and down a valley between the Town Belt and a ridge along the shoreline of Evans Bay.

Mount Victoria

Suburb

Photo: Jack Magnus McDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Victoria is a suburb of central Wellington, New Zealand, named after the 196 metres hill Mount Victoria to the east. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes.

Newtown

Suburb

Photo: Br3nda, CC BY 2.0.

The suburb of Newtown lies in the southern part of Wellington in New Zealand. It lies east of Vogeltown, between Mount Cook and Berhampore. The main thoroughfares of Newtown are Riddiford St, leading from Mount Cook to Berhampore and Melrose, and Constable St, leading from Newtown to Kilbirnie.

Velodrome Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Categories: building and industry
Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.30519° or 41° 18′ 19″ south

Longitude

174.79027° or 174° 47′ 25″ east

Operator

Wellington

Open location code

4VCPMQVR+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 968944945

OpenStreetMap feature

building=no

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