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Devils Boots (1st of 3)

Devils Boots

These limestone outcrops in the Aorere Valley in Golden Bay are so named because they look like the devil’s boots, sticking out of the ground upside down.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, W.T. L Travers Collection
Reference: PAColl-1574-03
Photograph by William Thomas Locke Travers

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Paul Williams. 'Limestone country', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/limestone-country/5/1/1