Seatoun
Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seatoun, an eastern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, lies on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), some seven kilometres southeast of the CBD. The suburb sits on an exposed promontory close to Barrett Reef, a dangerous area of rocky shallows upon which many ships have foundered, most notably the inter-island ferry TEV Wahine in 1968.
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Coordinates: 41.323°S 174.833°E / -41.323; 174.833 | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Wellington City |
Local authority | Wellington City Council |
Electoral ward |
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Established | 1889 |
Area | |
• Land | 133 ha (329 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,380 |
Ferry terminals | Seatoun Ferry terminal |
Miramar | Worser Bay | |
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Wellington Harbour heads | |
Strathmore Park | Breaker Bay, Cook Strait |
Europeans first settled the suburb in 1889. The name Seatoun (originally Seatown) comes from a locality in Forfarshire, Scotland linked with the family history of Coutts Crawford, the suburb's founder.[3]
Seatoun as a suburb looks out on to Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe, a large rock at the west of the Wellington Harbour entrance, rising 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level.