Wheatstone, New Zealand

Wheatstone

Wheatstone is a locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.^[1] It is located on the Canterbury Plains south of Ashburton, on the banks of the Ashburton River. Other nearby settlements include Huntingdon to the north, Eiffelton and Flemington to the west, Ashton and Waterton to the south, and Riverside and Wakanui to the east on the opposite side of the Ashburton River. Wheatstone is slightly inland from the coastline of the Pacific Ocean.

References

↑ "Place Name Detail: Wheatstone". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 22 January 2008.

Coordinates: 44°01′S 171°45′E / 44.017°S 171.750°E / -44.017; 171.750

Towns of the Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Major Towns	Ashburton Methven Rakaia Tinwald

Other Towns	Chertsey Ealing Fairton Hinds Lake Clearwater Lake Hood Mayfield Mount Somers Winslow

Localities	Acton Alford Forest Anama Ashburton Forks Ashburton Gorge Ashton Barhill Buccleuch Bushside Cairnbrae Carew Cavendish Coldstream Dorie Dromore Eiffelton Elgin Erewhon Flemington Greenstreet Hackthorne Hakatere (Gorge River mouth) Hatfield Highbank Huntingdon Kyle Lagmhor Lauriston Lismore Longbeach Lowcliffe Lyndhurst Lynnford Marawiti Maronan Mitcham Montalto Mount Hutt Mount Possession Newland Overdale Pendarves Punawai Rokeby Ruapuna Seafield Sherwood Somerton Springburn Staveley Urrall Valetta Wakanui Waterton Westerfield Wheatstone Willowby Winchmore Windermere

Ashburton River / Hakatere

Source: Southern Alps (Arrowsmith Range) (south), Canterbury Foothills (Palmer Range) (north) Flows into: Canterbury Bight

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Ashburton District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Lake Clearwater Mount Somers Ashburton Forks Ashburton Tinwald Huntingdon/Lake Hood Wheatstone Hakatere

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Stour River Bowyers Stream

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Clearwater Lake Camp Lake Emma Maori Lakes Lake Hood

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Ashburton Gorge

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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