Athol (New Zealand)
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 31 ′ S , 168 ° 34 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Southland | |
| District | Southland District | |
| Ward | Five Rivers Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 260 m | |
| Post Code | 9793 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
Athol is a small town in the Southland District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The name goes back either to Harry Athol , the operator of the first hotel in the area, or to the Scottish hometown of the early landowner WB Rogers . It is also possible to refer to Atholl in Perthshire , Scotland , from which the former superintendent of the then Southland province , James Menzies , came from.
geography
Athol is about 55 km south of Queenstown , halfway between Lumsden and Kingston, on New Zealand State Highway 6 . The closest locations on the highway are Parawa in the southwest and Nokomai in the northeast. The Mataura River flows through the village .
Individual evidence
- ^ AW Reed: Place names of New Zealand . AH & AW Reed, Wellington 1975, ISBN 0-589-00933-8
- ↑ Topo250 maps - Wanaka - Queenstown - Gore . Land Information New Zealand , accessed May 19, 2017 .