Danseys Pass

Danseys Pass
Danseys Pass in 2008
Elevation	935 m (3,068 ft)
Location	New Zealand
Range	Kakanui Mountains
Coordinates	44°57′12″S 170°22′24″E / 44.9532°S 170.3734°E / -44.9532; 170.3734Coordinates: 44°57′12″S 170°22′24″E / 44.9532°S 170.3734°E / -44.9532; 170.3734
Danseys Pass

Danseys Pass (often incorrectly referred to as Dansey's Pass or Dansey Pass) (el. 935 m.) is a mountain pass located in the Kakanui Mountains, between Central Otago and North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

It lies between the Maniototo plain (part of the Taieri River water catchment) and the northern foothills of the Kakanui Mountains (part of the Waitaki River catchment). Much of the road going over Danseys Pass is unsealed. The road was built for the owners of large sheep runs, the brothers Allan McLean and John McLean.^[1]^[2]

Though not a major arterial road, the pass is a fairly well-used link between the towns of Naseby and Ranfurly in the south and Duntroon in the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury. Also, if State Highway 1 between Hampden and Moeraki is closed, it is closest detour, despite adding over 100 km to the journey.

The locality of Danseys Pass is located approximately halfway between the pass and Duntroon on the eastern side. Confusingly, however, the historic Danseys Pass Coach Inn / Danseys Pass Hotel is located on the western side, at the locality known as Kyeburn Diggings or Upper Kyeburn,^[3] north of Kyeburn.

References

↑ "Obituary". The Timaru Herald. LXXVII (11810). 16 July 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
↑ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF) II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 35f. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
↑ "History". Danseys Pass Coach Inn. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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Towns of the Waitaki District, Canterbury/Otago, New Zealand

Major towns	Hampden Kakanui Kurow Moeraki Oamaru Omarama Palmerston Weston

Minor towns	Dunback Duntroon Herbert Macraes Maheno Ngapara Otematata Pukeuri Reidston Waitaki Bridge

Localities	Airedale All Day Bay Ardgowan Awamoko Billys Flat Black Point Bortons Clearburn Cormacks Corriedale Danseys Pass Earthquakes Elderslie Enfield Five Forks Flag Swamp Fuchsia Creek Georgetown Glenpark Goodwood Green Valley Hillgrove Hilderthorpe Incholme Inch Valley Island Cliff Island Stream Kaika Katiki Kauru Hill Kia Ora Kokoamo Kuriheka Lake Aviemore Lake Benmore Lake Ohau Lake Waitaki Lindis Pass Livingstone Maerewhenua Makareao Maraeweka Marakerake Maruakoa Meadowbank Moonlight Flat Morrisons Nenthorn Otekaieke Otepopo Otiake Papakaio Peebles Pleasant Valley Pukeraro Puketapu Queens Flat Richmond Rosebery Shag Point Shag Valley Stoneburn Strachans Tapui Taranui Te Akatarawa Teschemakers Tokarahi Totara Trotters Gorge Waianakarua Waihemo Waikaura Waimotu Wairunga Waitangi Waynes Wharekuri Whitecraig Whitstone Windsor Windsor Park

Towns and communities in the Central Otago District

Alexandra Ward	Alexandra Bridge Hill Butcher's Gully Conroys Gully Galloway Letts Gully Springvale

Cromwell Ward	Bannockburn Bendigo Cornish Point Cromwell Lindis Pass Lowburn Mount Pisa Northburn Pisa Moorings Queensberry Tarras

Earnscleugh-Manuherikia Ward	Becks Blackmans Blackstone Hill Chatto Creek Clyde Earnscleugh Fruitlands Lauder Little Valley Omakau Ophir Poolburn Saint Bathans

Maniototo Ward	Danseys Pass Idaburn Kyeburn Kyeburn Diggings Naseby Oturehua Paerau Patearoa Ranfurly Waipiata Wedderburn

Roxburgh Ward	Coal Creek Flat Dumbarton Ettrick Lake Roxburgh Millers Flat Raes Junction Roxburgh Teviot

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