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    The Kaikōura Ranges are two parallel ranges of mountains located in the northeast of the South Island of New Zealand. The two ranges are visible from a...
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    Kaikōura (/kaɪˈkɔːrə/; Māori pronunciation: [kaiˈkoːuɾa]) is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, located on State Highway 1,...
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    This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed...
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    Waiau Toa / Clarence River) is a major river which flows through the Kaikōura Ranges in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. At roughly 209 kilometres...
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    4,410 as of June 2024. The Kaikōura District extends from the Pacific Ocean to the highest points of the Kaikōura Ranges to the west, and along the coastline...
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    The Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary is a dark-sky preserve located in the Kaikōura District in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers an area of 2,039 km2...
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    The Kaikōura Peninsula is located in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. It protrudes 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) into the Pacific Ocean. The town of...
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    Tapuae-o-Uenuku (category Kaikōura District)
    main ranges of the Southern Alps, and over 80 metres taller than Mount Ruapehu, the tallest peak in the North Island. It dominates the Inland Kaikōura Range...
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    The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a Mw 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT...
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    peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). The high Kaikōura Ranges lie to the northeast. The east side of the island is home to the Canterbury...
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  • sightings that occurred in December 1978, over the skies above the Kaikōura mountain ranges in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The first sightings...
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  • Carters and Robinson Saddles on the south-western side of the Inland Kaikōura Range and feeds into the Waiau Toa / Clarence River. The Tweed River lies...
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    the family Gekkonidae native to New Zealand. It is endemic to the Kaikōura Ranges. As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Rough...
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  • The river in Marlborough flows from the northern flanks of the Inland Kaikōura Range into the Awatere River and lies within the borders of the Molesworth...
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    of the South Island, it covers the entire Marlborough District and the Kaikōura District of the Canterbury Region, but in practice the vineyards are concentrated...
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    2020. p. 20. Strang, Bob (31 July 2021). "Govt officials couldn't explain Kaikōura lights UFO sightings, documents show". RNZ. Retrieved 24 June 2024. "New...
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    separating the North and South Islands. On a clear day, the snowcapped Kaikōura Ranges are visible to the south across the strait. To the north stretch the...
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    Hutton's shearwater (category Kaikōura District)
    huttoni; also known in Māori as kaikōura tītī) is a medium-sized ocean-going seabird in the family Procellariidae. Its range is Australian and New Zealand...
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    (65th highest) — are in the South Island. Tapuae-o-Uenuku, in the Kaikōura Ranges, is the highest peak outside the Southern Alps. Te Heuheu – 2,732 m...
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    Channel / Kura Te Au Wairau Bar Landforms Cape Campbell Cape Jackson Dillon Cone Kaikōura Ranges Richmond Ranges Tapuae-o-Uenuku Ward Beach Wards Pass...
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    which rises to the peaks of the Kaikōura Ranges. These two mountainous regions are the final northern vestiges of the ranges that make up the Southern Alps...
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    724 metres (12,218 ft), making it 9th-highest island, with the high Kaikōura Ranges to the northeast. There are eighteen peaks of more than 3,000 metres...
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    a high country cattle station. It is located behind the Inland Kaikōura Mountain range in the South Island's Marlborough District. It is New Zealand's...
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    Mount Fyffe (category Kaikōura District)
    Mount Fyffe is a mountain peak in the Seaward Kaikōura Range, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. The mountain was named after Robert...
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    Channel / Kura Te Au Wairau Bar Landforms Cape Campbell Cape Jackson Dillon Cone Kaikōura Ranges Richmond Ranges Tapuae-o-Uenuku Ward Beach Wards Pass...
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    and the Remutaka and Tararua Ranges can be seen from the summit. On a clear day Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku and the Kaikōura Ranges in the South Island may be...
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  • UFO incident in New Zealand, and the only one investigated, involved the Kaikoura lights encountered by aircraft, filmed and tracked by radar in December...
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    valleys of the Kaikōura Ranges with its high peak at the 2880-metre Mount Tapuaenuku, while to the south lies the beech-covered Spencer Range, and to the...
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  • District and Kaikōura District in Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 40 kilometres (24.85 mi) to the south of Kaikōura, Hundalee Hills...
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    from the Seaward Kaikōura Range, reaching the Pacific Ocean at the tiny settlement of Peketā, 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Kaikōura. Kāti Māmoe had...
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