Nokomai
| Nokomai | ||
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ S , 168 ° 40 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Southland | |
| District | Southland District | |
| Ward | Five Rivers Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 292 m | |
| Post Code | 9793 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
Nokomai is a small settlement in the Southland District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement is located around 18 km south of Lake Wakatipu in the valley of the Mataura River . The closest settlements are Athol around 7.5 km west and Garston around 3.5 km north. The New Zealand State Highway 6 , which connects the settlement with Queenstown , about 52 km to the north, runs through Nokomai .
history
In the vicinity of Nokomai there was once an important open-cast gold mine, in which there was a 2 m thick gold-bearing layer at a depth of around 40 m, which enabled a yield of over one gram per ton. The opencast mine has since been abandoned and the landscape has been recultivated.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Nokomai . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 918 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Neubauer: Nokomai . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 919 .