New Zealand, South Island

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Blog Post here- The Nuggets- Catlins

Lighthouse on Nugget Point. It is located in the Catlins area on the Southern Coast of New Zealand, Otago region. The Lighthouse is surrounded by small rock islands, nuggets

A quite remote and very beautiful spot in southern Otago on the northern end of the Catlin's Coast

Rocky islets form Nugget Point at sunrise along the Otago Coast on the South Island of New Zealand.

The Caitlins Wilderness Area runs along the SE coast of the South Island, made up of remote and windy rolling grasslands. Nugget Point lighthouse points out into the ocean. Built in 1870, it's surrounded by a large fur seal colony. The 'Nuggets' are those craggy boulders in the sea to the right of the lighthouse.

Another hole in the rock. View looking further along south.

Blog Post here- The Nuggets- Catlins

Nugget Point, NZ

Penguins stagger up the beach after a day at sea.

Virginie Cheysson Website

Nugget Point in the Catlins, New Zealand

Beautiful blue sea and a warm breeze.

Rocky headland

The end of lands at Nugget Points (the Catlins, southern island of New Zealand). Panorama from the light-house

Nugget Point, Catlins, New Zealand South Island. 4 January 2008.

Sunrise at Nugget Point, Otago, New Zealand - moody sunrise at the lighthouse at Nugget Point, in the Catlins area of Otago, New Zealand.

Rocky headland

Nugget Point

This is a view just prior to the lighthouse itself looking right or west down the coast.

Nugget Point in the Catlins - a beautiful remote spot in the south of New Zealand looking out over the Pacific Ocean. The sound of the waves beating on the rocks mixed with seals singing from below was incredible.

The Catlins désigne le sud de l'île du Sud en Nouvelle-Zélande. La zone se situe entre Balclutha et Invercargill, à cheval sur la frontière entre les régions d'Otago et Southland.

Zone accidentée et peu peuplée, The Catlins disposent d'un paysage côtier pittoresque et d'une dense forêt qui abrite de nombreuses espèces d'oiseaux menacées.

Ses fortes vagues sont une attraction pour surfeurs.