Otago
Otago is a region of the South Island of New Zealand whose hilly country and sheltered valleys produce a variety of climates and some spectacular scenery. This article covers the coastal areas and Central Otago.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Dunedin
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Dunedin is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city on the South Island of New Zealand.
Port Chalmers
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Port Chalmers is a deep water fishing and cargo port for Dunedin, one of the main ports for the South Island of New Zealand, in the Otago region.
Destinations
Oamaru
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Oamaru is a town in North Otago, New Zealand, with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.
Ranfurly
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Ranfurly is a town in the Central Otago District of Otago, New Zealand.
Milton
The little town of Milton is north of Balclutha and about 50km south of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand.
Blueskin Bay
Photo: Alistair Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blueskin Bay is in Otago, New Zealand, 25 km north of Dunedin, 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of Christchurch.
Otago
- Type: region of New Zealand with 246,000 residents
- Description: region in the southeast of New Zealand's South Island
- Neighbors: Canterbury, Southland and West Coast
- Location: South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-45.2639° or 45° 15' 50" southLongitude of centre
169.535° or 169° 32' 6" eastPopulation
246,000Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)GeoNames ID
6612109Wikidata ID
Q692912Otago Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أوتاغو
- Aragonese: Otago
- Armenian: Օտագոյի շրջան
- Basque: Otago eskualdea
- Bengali: ওটাগো অঞ্চল
- Bulgarian: Отаго
- Catalan: Otago
- Catalan: Regió d'Otago
- Catalan: Regió d’Otago
- Cebuano: Otago
- Chinese: 奥塔哥
- Chinese: 奥塔哥地区
- Chinese: 奥塔哥大区
- Chinese: 奥塔戈
- Chinese: 奧塔哥大區
- Czech: Otago
- Danish: Otago Region
- Dutch: Otago
- English: Otago Region
- Esperanto: Otago
- Finnish: Otago
- French: Otago
- French: South Otago
- French: région d'Otago
- Galician: Otago
- Galician: Rexión de Otago
- Georgian: ოტაგოს რეგიონი
- German: NZ-OTA
- German: Otago
- Greek: Oτάγκο
- Gujarati: ઑટાગો પ્રદેશ
- Hebrew: אוטאגו
- Hebrew: אוטגו
- Hindi: ओटागो क्षेत्र
- Hungarian: Otago régió
- Indonesian: Wilayah Otago
- Italian: Otago
- Japanese: オタゴ
- Japanese: オタゴ地方
- Kannada: ಒಟಾಗೋ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Korean: 오타고
- Korean: 오타고 지방
- Latvian: Otago reģions
- Lithuanian: Otagas
- Macedonian: Отаго
- Malay: Wilayah Otago
- Maori: Takiwā o Ō Tākou
- Maori: Ōtākou
- Marathi: ओटॅगो प्रदेश
- Moroccan Arabic: جيهة أوطاݣو
- Norwegian: Otago
- Norwegian Bokmål: Otago
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Otago
- Persian: اوتاگو
- Polish: Otago
- Portuguese: Otago
- Romanian: North Otago
- Romanian: Otago
- Russian: Отаго
- Scottish Gaelic: Otago Region
- Serbo-Croatian: Otago
- Sinhala: ඔටාගෝ කලාපය
- Spanish: Otago
- Spanish: Región de Otago
- Swedish: Otago
- Tamil: ஒடாகோ
- Tamil: ஒடாகோ பகுதி
- Telugu: ఓటాగో ప్రాంతం
- Thai: เขตโอทาโก
- Turkish: Otago
- Turkish: Otago Bölgesi
- Ukrainian: Отаго
- Urdu: اوٹاگو
- Vietnamese: Khu vực Otago
- Welsh: Otago
- Western Armenian: Օթակոյի շրջան
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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 Otago. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.