Mandeville (New Zealand)

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Mandeville
Geographical location
Mandeville (New Zealand)
Mandeville
Coordinates 46 ° 0 ′  S , 168 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′  S , 168 ° 48 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-STL
Country New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
region Southland
District Gore District
Ward Waikaka Ward
Residents few
height 100 m
Post Code 9776
Telephone code +64 (0) 3

Mandeville is a small settlement in the Gore District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The settlement is located around 15 km northwest of Gore in the Waimea Plains . In addition to various streams that pass the settlement, the Mataura River grazes the settlement on its east side. The New Zealand State Highway 94 , which connects the settlement with Gore , runs through Mandeville .

Airfield

In the settlement there is Mandeville Aerodrome ( ICAO : NZVL) with a 980 m long and 60 m wide grass runway. The Croydon Aviation Heritage Trust , which has set itself the task of restoring historic aircraft, has its headquarters at the airport .

literature

  • Helga Neubauer: Mandeville . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 896 .

Individual evidence

  1. Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 4, 2017 .
  2. Mandeville Aerodrome . (PDF 220 kB) AIP New Zealand , accessed on August 4, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ Neubauer: Mandeville . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 896 .