racetrack
Teretonga Park
The southernmost motor racing circuit in the world, near Invercargill on New Zealand's South Island, running since 1957 in wind-scoured coastal farmland.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Invercargill
Southland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Invercargill
Invercargill is worth a stop: 8km from Teretonga Park.
Invercargill is in Southland, New Zealand, with about 58,000 people. You drive on the left here.
Invercargill ( IN-vər-KAR-ghil, Māori: Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains to the east of the Ōreti or New RiverRead more
some 18 km (11 miles) north of Bluff, which is the southernmost town in the South Island. It sits amid rich farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island and the Catlins coastal region.
Many streets in the city, especially in the centre and main shopping district, are named after rivers in Scotland. These include the main streets Dee and Tay, as well as those named after the Tweed, Forth, Tyne, Esk, Don, Ness, Yarrow, Spey, Eye and Ythan rivers, amongst others.
The 2018 census showed the population was 54,204, up 2.7% on the 2006 census number and up 4.8% on the 2013 census number.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Invercargill?
Within an hour or so of Invercargill: Teretonga Park (8 km), Slope Point (58 km).
Are there any good drives near Invercargill?
The nearest famous roads are Kingston–Queenstown Road (SH6).
Where is Invercargill?
Invercargill is in Southland, New Zealand.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 58,000
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -46.4000, 168.3500
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Slope Point
The southernmost point of New Zealand's South Island, marked by a battered AA signpost, where the roaring forties have bent the macrocarpa trees permanently sideways.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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