Kaikoura Peninsula, Kaikoura, Kaikoura District, Canterbury Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kaikoura Peninsula | Peninsula |
| Kaikoura | - not defined - |
| Kaikoura District | District |
| Canterbury Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 25' 32'' South , 173° 42' 4'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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The Kaikoura Peninsula juts 5 kilometres into the Pacific Ocean. The town of Kaikoura is at the base of the peninsula.
The peninsula consists of the Amuri limestone and Waima mudstone, uplifted, folded, and deformed through the Quarternary period. Five hundred metres off the south-east of the peninsula is the underwater Kaikoura Canyon, bringing with it an upwelling of food for the birds and marine mammals which are common to the area. It is 60 kilometres long by 1200 metres deep, U shaped. Geologists have noted a build up of sediment in the canyon, with possible future slumping causing a tsunami.
The peninsula occupies an asymmetrical anticline with an axis trending north-east to south-west, bounded on either side by synclines.
A feature of the peninsula is stepped ocean platforms. Older ones can be viewed higher up, while the present platform at low tide can be walked to see seals and birdlife.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australian Plate
- Torlesse TerraneAccretionary Complex
New Zealand
- South IslandIsland
Pacific OceanOcean
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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