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Story: Otago region

Otago landforms

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  • Landforms

  • Highways

  • Districts

  • Place names

Otago is dominated by the ranges and basins of Central Otago. They are flanked by mountains to the west, and by coastal plains, the Catlins hill country and the volcanic Otago Peninsula to the east.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Geology and landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/22608/otago-landforms (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.