Stillwater (West Coast)
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 26 ′ S , 171 ° 21 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-WTC | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | West coast | |
| District | Gray District | |
| Ward | Southern Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 37 m | |
| Post Code | 7805 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Stillwater junction opened in 1889 |
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Stillwater is a settlement in the Gray District of the West Coast regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement is located about 11.5 km east of Greymouth at the confluence of the Arnold River in the Gray River . The New Zealand State Highway 7 , which connects the settlement directly with Greymouth , runs through Stillwater . The closest settlements are Dobson and Brunner , around 3 km to the west, and Ngahere and Blackball , around 9.5 km to the northeast.
In Stillwater the railway connection of the Stillwater-Westport Line branches off from the Midland Line . The express trains of the TranzAlpine run through Stillwater , but have no stop there, which, however, still existed for regional traffic until the middle of the 20th century.
event
65 miners were killed in an explosion in a mining pit in Brunner in 1896 . 33 of them were buried in a mass grave in Stillwater .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Simon Nathan : West Coast places - Mass grave at Stillwater . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed September 1, 2017 .