Canterbury
Canterbury is a region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Plains stretch from the Conway River in the north, just south of Kaikoura, to the great Waitaki River in the south, just north of Oamaru.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popular Destinations
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the second most-populous urban area in the country.Mount Cook National Park
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Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park dominated by New Zealand's two highest mountains, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Tasman.
Timaru
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Timaru is a city of 28,900 as of June 2023 on the South Island of New Zealand, on the east coast at Caroline Bay.
Destinations
Lyttelton
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Lyttelton is the seaport satellite town of Christchurch in New Zealand, lying just over the Port Hills from Christchurch.
Arthur's Pass National Park
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Arthur's Pass National Park is a major national park in the heart of New Zealand's South Island.
Akaroa
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Akaroa is a charming harbourside town on the eastern side of Akaroa harbour, in southern Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.
Lake Tekapo
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Lake Tekapo is a lakeside resort village in the Mackenzie Country in the South Island of New Zealand.
Rangiora
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Rangiora is a rural town 25 km north of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Springfield
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Springfield is a small town in the foothills of the Torlesse Range on the way to the Craigieburn ski fields and Arthur's Pass.
Kaiapoi
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Kaiapoi is a town just north of Christchurch on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
Twizel
Twizel is Mackenzie Country's largest town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.Methven
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Methven is a small town with a population of 1,900 people, and the home of Mt.
Waipara
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Waipara is a small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand, on the banks of the Waipara River.
Omarama
Omarama is a small town in the Mackenzie Country of New Zealand's South Island that has more gliders parked in hangars than families tucked up safe at home.Hanmer Springs
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Hanmer Springs is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.
Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8.Notable Places in the Area
Mount Hutt
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Mount Hutt rises to the west of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand, above the braided upper reaches of the Rakaia River, and 80 kilometres west of Christchurch.
Canterbury
- Type: region of New Zealand with 655,000 residents
- Description: region of New Zealand's South Island
- Neighbors: Marlborough, Otago and West Coast
- Location: South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.5° or 43° 30' southLongitude
171.5° or 171° 30' eastPopulation
655,000Elevation
1,567 metres (5,141 feet)Open Location Code
4V8HGG22+22GeoNames ID
2192628Wikidata ID
Q657004Canterbury Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Canterbury streek
- Arabic: كانتربيري
- Aragonese: Rechión de Canterbury
- Armenian: Քանթերբերիի շրջան
- Basque: Canterbury eskualdea
- Bengali: ক্যান্টাবেরি অঞ্চল
- Bulgarian: Кентърбъри
- Catalan: Canterbury
- Cebuano: Canterbury, Nueva Zelanda
- Cebuano: Canterbury
- Chinese: 坎特伯雷
- Chinese: 坎特伯雷大区
- Czech: Canterbury
- Danish: Canterbury
- Dutch: Canterbury
- English: Canterbury Region
- Esperanto: Canterbury Region
- Esperanto: Kanterburio
- Estonian: Canterbury piirkond
- Estonian: Canterbury ringkond
- Estonian: Waitaha
- Faroese: Canterbury
- Finnish: Canterbury
- French: Canterbury
- French: région de Canterbury
- Georgian: კენტერბერი
- Georgian: კენტერბერის რეგიონი
- German: Canterbury
- German: Canterbury Region
- German: NZ-CAN
- Greek: Καντέρμπερι
- Gujarati: કેન્ટરબરી પ્રદેશ
- Hebrew: קנטרברי
- Hindi: कैंटरबरी, न्यूजीलैंड
- Hindi: कैंटरबरी
- Hungarian: Canterbury régió
- Icelandic: Canterbury
- Indonesian: Canterbury
- Italian: Canterbury
- Japanese: カンタベリー
- Japanese: カンタベリー地方
- Japanese: カンタベリー平野
- Kalaallisut: Canterbury
- Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಂಟರ್ಬರಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Korean: 캔터버리 지방
- Korean: 캔터베리
- Korean: 캔터베리 지방
- Latvian: Kenterberijas reģions
- Lithuanian: Kanterburio regionas
- Macedonian: Кантербери
- Malay: Wilayah Canterbury
- Maori: Takiwā o Waitaha
- Maori: Waitaha
- Marathi: कँटरबरी प्रदेश
- Moroccan Arabic: جيهة كانطربوري
- Norwegian: Canterbury
- Norwegian Bokmål: Canterbury, New Zealand
- Norwegian Bokmål: Canterbury
- Norwegian Bokmål: South Canterbury
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Canterbury på New Zealand
- Persian: استان کانتربوری
- Persian: ناحیهٔ کانتربوری
- Persian: ناحیه کانتربوری
- Persian: کنتربری، نیوزیلند
- Polish: Canterbury
- Portuguese: Canterbury
- Russian: Кантербери
- Russian: Кентербери
- Scottish Gaelic: Canterbury Region
- Serbo-Croatian: Canterbury
- Sinhala: කැන්ටබරි කලාපය
- Slovenian: Canterbury
- Slovenian: Canterbury Region
- Slovenian: NZ-CAN
- Spanish: Canterbury
- Spanish: Canterbury, Nueva Zelanda
- Spanish: Canterbury Nueva Zelanda
- Spanish: Región de Canterbury
- Swedish: Canterbury, Nya Zeeland
- Swedish: Canterbury
- Tajik: Кентербери
- Tajik: Кентерберӣ
- Tajik: ноҳияи Кентерберӣ
- Tamil: கான்டெர்புரி ரீஜியன்
- Telugu: సెంట్రర్బరీ ప్రాంతం
- Thai: แคนเทอเบอรี่
- Thai: แคว้นแคนเทอร์เบอรี
- Turkish: Canterbury
- Turkish: Canterbury Bölgesi
- Ukrainian: Кентербері
- Urdu: کینٹربری، نیوزی لینڈ
- Vietnamese: Canterbury
- Vietnamese: Vùng Canterbury
- Western Armenian: Քենթըրպըրի շրջան
- Canterbury, Selandia Baru
- कैंटरबरी, न्यूज़ीलैण्ड
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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 Wikivoyage page Canterbury. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.