Westport
Westport is the main town of the Buller District, in the northern part of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Westport has spectacular beaches at its back door, and the mighty Buller River, the largest river by volume in NZ, runs right beside the town.Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library, also known as the Westport Library and the Buller District Library, is a district library located in Westport in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand.
St Canice's Church
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
St Canice's Church in Westport, New Zealand, is a Catholic parish church, designed by John Scott.
Localities in the Area
Sergeants Hill
Sergeants Hill is a lightly populated locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Sergeants Hill is situated 4 km east of Westport.Carters Beach
Carters Beach is a suburb of Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Carters Beach is situated 4 km west of Westport.Westport
- Type: Town with 4,280 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Buller District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.7542° or 41° 45' 15" southLongitude
171.6036° or 171° 36' 13" eastPopulation
4,280Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)IATA airport code
WSZUnited Nations Location Code
NZ WSZOpen Location Code
4VCH6JW3+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 174645480OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2206900Wikidata ID
Q1349217Westport Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: ويستبورت
- Asturian: Westport
- Catalan: Westport
- Cebuano: Westport
- Dutch: Westport
- Egyptian Arabic: ويستبورت
- English: Westport, New Zealand
- French: Westport
- Georgian: უესტპორტი (ახალი ზელანდია)
- Georgian: უესტპორტი
- German: Westport
- Hebrew: ווסטפורט
- Hebrew: וספורט
- Japanese: ウェストポート
- Japanese: ウエストポート
- Korean: 웨스트포트
- Malay: Westport, New Zealand
- Maori: Kawatiri
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Westport på New Zealand
- Polish: Westport
- Portuguese: Westport
- Spanish: Westport
- Swedish: Westport, Nya Zeeland
- Turkish: Westport
- Ukrainian: Вестпорт (Нова Зеландія)
- Urdu: ویسٹ پورٹ، نیوزی لینڈ
- Вестпорт
Other Places Named Westport
Localities in the Area
- Caledonian TerraceLocality, 6 km southeast
- German TerraceLocality, 7 km east
- Giles TerraceLocality, 7 km east
- Rochfort TerraceLocality, 8 km east
- FairdownLocality, 9 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. 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 Westport. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.