Otago - Otago

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Otago Province
CapitalDunedin
Residents
229.200 (2018)
surface
31,241 km²
websitewww.otago.co.nz
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The Otago region lies on the South island of New Zealand. It is surrounded by the region West coast, of the region Canterbury and the region Southland in the south. To the east is the South Pacific.

Regions and places

Map of Otago

The Otago region includes the following districts:

Queenstown Lakes District

In the district to the west of Otago are the lakes Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea surrounded by the peaks of the southern Alps, here is the Mount Aspiring National Park, here are important ski fields like The Remarkables or Coronet Peak Ski Field.

  • 1 QueenstownQueenstown in the Wikipedia encyclopediaQueenstown in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryQueenstown (Q613602) in the Wikidata database, 2 WanakaWanaka in the Wikipedia encyclopediaWanaka in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryWanaka (Q930344) in the Wikidata database, Hawea and 3 ArrowtownWebsite of this institutionArrowtown in the Wikipedia encyclopediaArrowtown in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryArrowtown (Q703016) in the Wikidata database are the most important places in the region

Central Otago

Important places: 4 AlexandraAlexandra in the encyclopedia WikipediaAlexandra in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAlexandra (Q2058593) in the Wikidata database, Cromwell, 5 RanfurlyRanfurly in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRanfurly in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryRanfurly (Q1684725) in the Wikidata database

Clutha District

Also called South Otago, is located in the south to the Pacific coast. Places are 6 BalcluthaBalclutha in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBalclutha in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBalclutha (Q804717) in the Wikidata database, Clinton,

Dunedin District

The town 7 DunedinDunedin in the Wikipedia encyclopediaDunedin in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryDunedin (Q133073) in the Wikidata database is the capital of the district and the region, it is located on the Pacific. Upstream of it is the Otago Peninsulathat gave the region its name.

Waitaki district

It stretches from the sources of the Waitaki River, which lie in the glaciers of the southern Alps, to its mouth nearby Oamaru in the Pacific and along the coast further south up Palmerston. The reservoirs are located in this area Lake Waitaki, Lake Aviemore and Lake Benmore.

  • Lying on the Pacific coast 8 OamaruOamaru in the Wikipedia encyclopediaOamaru in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOamaru (Q4782) in the Wikidata database, the capital of the district, furthermore 9 MoerakiMoeraki in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMoeraki in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMoeraki (Q6890239) in the Wikidata database, a small place with the Moeraki Boulders and Palmerston
  • Lying on the Waitaki River Duntroon, Kurow and Omarama, this place already belongs to the region Canterbury.
  • At the little village MacRaes Flat is the greatest Gold mine New Zealand.

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Single lane bridge east of the Haast Pass

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