The South Island also contains the
Strath-Taieri and the
Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining
Scots Gaelic and
Māori origins, as does
Glentaki, in the lower valley of the Waitaki River.
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of Scottish early settler
William Cargill. (Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers, e.g.;, Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde.)
Inchbonnie is a hybrid of
Lowland Scots and
Scottish Gaelic.
Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill.Looking at Lake Wakatipu from GlenorchyView of the
Clutha River towards Roxburgh Bridge.Upper reaches of the Water of Leith, Woodhaugh, DunedinSutherland Falls
Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh, and its suburbs listed below. Many of the city's central streets (such as
Princes Street and
Moray Place) are named after equivalent streets in Edinburgh.
180° view of Dunedin, New Zealand shot from the hills on the west. Mount Cargill is at the extreme left of picture, and the Otago Peninsula is beyond the harbour to the centre.
The South Island also contains the
Strath-Taieri and the
Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining
Scots Gaelic and
Māori origins, as does
Glentaki, in the lower valley of the Waitaki River.
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of Scottish early settler
William Cargill. (Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers, e.g.;, Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde.)
Inchbonnie is a hybrid of
Lowland Scots and
Scottish Gaelic.
Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill.Looking at Lake Wakatipu from GlenorchyView of the
Clutha River towards Roxburgh Bridge.Upper reaches of the Water of Leith, Woodhaugh, DunedinSutherland Falls
Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh, and its suburbs listed below. Many of the city's central streets (such as
Princes Street and
Moray Place) are named after equivalent streets in Edinburgh.
180° view of Dunedin, New Zealand shot from the hills on the west. Mount Cargill is at the extreme left of picture, and the Otago Peninsula is beyond the harbour to the centre.