Otago Peninsula
The Otago Peninsula is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the eroded valley that now forms Otago Harbour.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Sandymount
Peak
Sandymount is the name of a prominent hill on Otago Peninsula, in the southeastern South Island of New Zealand.
Larnach Castle
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Larnach Castle is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, close to the small settlement of Pukehiki. Larnach Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Otago Peninsula.
Localities in the Area
Pukehiki
Hamlet
Pukehiki is a small locality on the Otago Peninsula, within the city of Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. Pukehiki is situated 3 km west of Otago Peninsula.
Portobello
Suburb
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portobello is a village beside the Otago Harbour halfway along the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin City, New Zealand. Portobello is situated 4½ km north of Otago Peninsula.
Otago Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in New Zealand
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Otago Peninsula Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Azerbaijani: Otaqo yarımadası
- Basque: Otago penintsula
- Catalan: Otago Peninsula
- Cebuano: Otago Peninsula
- Chinese: 奥塔哥半岛
- Chinese: 奥塔戈半岛
- Chinese: 奧塔哥半島
- Dutch: Otago Peninsula
- English: Otago peninsula
- Esperanto: Duoninsulo Otago
- French: Péninsule d'Otago
- French: péninsule d'Otago
- German: Otago Peninsula
- Indonesian: Semenanjung Otago
- Japanese: オタゴ半島
- Korean: 오타고반도
- Maori: Muaūpoko
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Otago-halvøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Otago Peninsula
- Persian: شبه جزیره اوتاگو
- Portuguese: Península de Otago
- Russian: Отаго
- Russian: Полуостров Отаго
- Slovenian: Otago (polotok)
- Slovenian: Otago
- Spanish: Peninsula de Otago
- Spanish: Península de Otago
- Swedish: Otagohalvön
- Ukrainian: Півострів Отаго
- Otako
- Péninsule dOtago
Localities in the Area
- SandymountHamlet
- PukehikiLocality, 3½ km west
- Hoopers InletLocality, 3½ km north
- CollinswoodSuburb, 5 km west
Landmarks in the Area
- Lovers LeapCliff
- Dicks HillPeak
- Victoria ChannelChannel
- The ChasmCliff
- Allans BeachBeach
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Otago Peninsula. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.