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Kakanui, Otago, New Zealand

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Otago Region, New Zealand
Region:	Otago, New Zealand
Latitude:	45° 10' 59" S
Longitude:	170° 54' 0" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-45.18333,170.9
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:	443 (2013)
Mindat Feature ID:	2189146
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2189146:1
GUID:	6940b235-7e93-4a37-a5f8-e549bda54203

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 10' 59" S	170° 54' 0" E	0.0km (0.0 miles)
NE Otago Volcanic Field, Canterbury Region, New Zealand	45° 10' 59" S	170° 54' 0" E	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Everett's Quarry, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 10' 36" S	170° 54' 14" E	0.8km (0.5 miles)
McDonald's Quarry, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 10' 3" S	170° 54' 15" E	1.8km (1.1 miles)
Gee's Point, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 9' 57" S	170° 54' 42" E	2.2km (1.3 miles)
McDonald's Quarry, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 8' 57" S	170° 53' 29" E	3.8km (2.4 miles)
Bridge Point, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 13' 12" S	170° 52' 58" E	4.3km (2.7 miles)
Alma Mineral Breccia, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 6' 30" S	170° 55' 5" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Cape Wanbrow, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 6' 39" S	170° 58' 41" E	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 6' 15" S	170° 57' 59" E	10.2km (6.3 miles)
Old Mill Road Quarry (Dog Pound Quarry), Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 5' 35" S	170° 57' 12" E	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Parkside Quarry (oamaru stone), Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 4' 31" S	170° 54' 16" E	12.0km (7.5 miles)
Round Hill, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 1' 31" S	170° 51' 39" E	17.8km (11.1 miles)
Moeraki Point, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 21' 27" S	170° 51' 41" E	19.6km (12.2 miles)
Endeavour-1, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 14' 17" S	171° 8' 30" E	19.9km (12.4 miles)
Nimmo's Swamp, Moeraki, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 23' 45" S	170° 50' 42" E	24.0km (14.9 miles)
Slatey Creek, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 0' 10" S	170° 41' 2" E	26.3km (16.3 miles)
Allandale Mine, Palmerston, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 26' 34" S	170° 48' 28" E	29.7km (18.5 miles)
Makareao quarry, Dunback, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 23' 43" S	170° 39' 26" E	30.3km (18.8 miles)
Dunback, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 23' 3" S	170° 37' 44" E	30.8km (19.1 miles)
Shag Point Mine, Palmerston, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 27' 26" S	170° 48' 17" E	31.3km (19.5 miles)
Livingstone Diggings, Otago Region, New Zealand	44° 58' 36" S	170° 33' 17" E	35.5km (22.1 miles)
Palmerston, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 29' 3" S	170° 42' 55" E	36.5km (22.7 miles)
Maerewhenua, Canterbury Region, New Zealand	44° 54' 34" S	170° 38' 20" E	36.7km (22.8 miles)
Cutter-1, Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 6' 17" S	171° 21' 21" E	36.8km (22.9 miles)
Taylors prospect (Home Reef), Macraes Mine, Macraes (Macraes Flat), Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 25' 51" S	170° 34' 33" E	37.4km (23.3 miles)
Maerewhenua diggings, Otago Region, New Zealand	44° 56' 8" S	170° 34' 27" E	37.6km (23.4 miles)
Kingma's Farm, Maerewhenua, Canterbury Region, New Zealand	44° 54' 45" S	170° 36' 47" E	37.6km (23.4 miles)
Golden Bar pit, Macraes Mine, Macraes (Macraes Flat), Otago Region, New Zealand	45° 24' 44" S	170° 31' 47" E	38.6km (24.0 miles)
Galleon-1, Canterbury Region, New Zealand	45° 29' 3" S	171° 9' 7" E	38.8km (24.1 miles)

Xenocryst-bearing layer

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Pillow Basalts

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Roadside outcrop

Alma Mineral Breccia, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand

Xenocryst-bearing layer

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Pillow Basalts

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Roadside outcrop

Alma Mineral Breccia, Oamaru, Otago Region, New Zealand

Xenocryst-bearing layer

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Pillow Basalts

Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago Region, New Zealand

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ var: Anorthoclase

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Apatite'

ⓘ Augite

ⓘ var: Titanium-bearing Augite

ⓘ 'Biotite'

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ var: Iron-bearing Calcite

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Diopside

ⓘ var: Chromium-bearing Diopside

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ var: Iron-bearing Dolomite

ⓘ Enstatite

ⓘ var: Bronzite

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

ⓘ 'Garronite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Phillipsite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ Spinel

ⓘ var: Pleonaste

ⓘ 'Zeolite Group'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

New Zealand	Country
Otago Region, New Zealand	Region
South Island, New Zealand	Island
Waitaki District, New Zealand	District
Pacific Plate	Tectonic Plate

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
New Zealand, Otago, Waitaki	160.11.50.0.0.0
New Zealand, Otago, Waitaki, n.a. ( 387)	160.11.50.302.0.0

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