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Corstorphine

Otago, New Zealand · Oceania

About Corstorphine

Corstorphine works well as a base: 8km from Baldwin Street.

Corstorphine is a town located in Otago, New Zealand. With a population of 3,890, it is an important destination in Oceania.

On a road trip, Corstorphine sits in New Zealand, where you drive on the left. It's in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Corstorphine to your route.

About Corstorphine

Burnside is a mainly industrial suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the mouth of a long valley, the Kaikorai Valley, through which flows the Kaikorai Stream. This valley stretches to the northeast for 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). Burnside is 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) to the southwest of the city

Read more centre, close to eastern end of the much larger suburb, Green Island. Other suburbs located nearby include Concord, immediately to the southeast and Kenmure further up Kaikorai Valley. Burnside is separated from the central urban area of Dunedin by the large ridge which surrounds the city's heart. This ridge is part of the crater wall of the long-extinct Dunedin Volcano. The ridge lies immediately to the east of Burnside, with the main pass over it, the saddle of Lookout Point, lying 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) to the east.

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Where is Corstorphine located?

Corstorphine is located in Otago, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -45.8984 latitude, 170.4601 longitude.

What is the population of Corstorphine?

Corstorphine has a population of approximately 3,890 people, making it a town in New Zealand.

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Quick Information

Population
3,890
Continent
Oceania
Country
New Zealand
Region
Otago
Timezone
Pacific/Auckland
Coordinates
-45.8984, 170.4601

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in New Zealand

Police
111
Ambulance
111
Fire
111
Non-emergency police
105
Driving side
left

Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.

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Worth the detour from Corstorphine

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

photogenic

Tunnel Beach

A hand-cut sandstone tunnel commissioned in the 1870s descends through the cliff to a hidden cove with a sea arch and stacks, south of Dunedin. A steep 20-minute walk down.

2 km · about 5 min drive

famous road

Baldwin Street

Dunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.

8 km · about 15 min drive

castle

Larnach Castle

1871 Gothic Revival mansion on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand's only castle, with gardens and views over Otago Harbour.

13 km · about 25 min drive

beach

Sandfly Bay

A steep dune descent on the Otago Peninsula leads to a beach where New Zealand sea lions haul out and yellow-eyed penguins come ashore at dusk, watched from a DOC hide.

15 km · about 30 min drive

Driving roads near Corstorphine

  • Right hereBaldwin StreetDunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.
  • 79 kmNugget Point LighthouseA wave-battered headland in the Catlins where an 1870 lighthouse overlooks jagged sea-stack 'nuggets', fur seals and penguins: reached by a scenic coastal road and short clifftop walk.

Nearby Destinations

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Concord

🇳🇿 New Zealand

1 km awayPop. 1,580

Balaclava

🇳🇿 New Zealand

1 km awayPop. 2,470

Caversham

🇳🇿 New Zealand

1 km awayPop. 2,230

Mornington

🇳🇿 New Zealand

2 km awayPop. 3,050

Kenmure

🇳🇿 New Zealand

2 km awayPop. 1,944

South Dunedin

🇳🇿 New Zealand

3 km awayPop. 2,540

Green Island

🇳🇿 New Zealand

3 km awayPop. 2,440

Maryhill

🇳🇿 New Zealand

3 km awayPop. 2,470

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