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Seaward Kaikōura range

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Seaward Kaikōura range

The Kaikōuras rise dramatically from the sea, in this view from Kaikōura.

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – South Island mountains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14301/seaward-kaikoura-range (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Andy Dennis, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.