Seatoun

Seatoun

Suburb:Seatoun
City:Wellington
Island:North Island
Surrounded by:
to the northMiramar, Worser Bay
to the eastWellington Harbour heads
to the southBreaker Bay, Cook Strait
to the westStrathmore Park
Seatoun is a southern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is situated on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour (formerly 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 "Wahine" in 1968.

The suburb was first settled in 1889, and takes its name from a place in Forfarshire, Scotland connected with the family history of James Coutts Crawford, the suburb's founder.


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