Caberfeidh, New Zealand

The small settlement of Caberfeidh is located in The Catlins, in the Otago Region of New Zealand's South Island. The site of a former railway station on the (now removed) Catlins Branch Line, it is sited close to a tributary of the Maclennan River, 5 kilometres north of the coast at Tahakopa Bay and 12 kilometres southwest of Owaka.[1]

The settlement's name is from the motto of the Seaforth Highlanders, and is Scots Gaelic for a stag's antlers. It may have been given to the area by Sir Thomas Mackenzie.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Reed New Zealand atlas (2004) Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 113. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8
  2. ↑ Wise's New Zealand guide (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co. p. 31.

Coordinates: 46°31′S 169°29′E / 46.517°S 169.483°E / -46.517; 169.483

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