Clifton, Southland Map

About Clifton, Southland

Clifton is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 1,990. It sits at an elevation of around 4 m above sea level. It lies approximately 5 km south of Invercargill, the regional capital. Clifton is located at 46.4484°S, 168.3601°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Clifton rests against a broad, pale green landscape, a gentle swell of farmland stretching towards the distant murmur of the New River Estuary. It lies 5.4 km south of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 172°T), and is situated 6.7 km south of Rosedale. The air here carries the clean, earthy scent of pasture, mingling with a faint, briny tang that hints at the nearby coastline, a mere four kilometres away. Rolling hills, softened by the ubiquitous Southland light, provide a muted backdrop, their contours a testament to the slow, patient sculpting of wind and water. This is a place where the sky feels vast, a canvas for ever-shifting cloud formations that cast fleeting shadows across the land, imbuing the very earth with a quiet, breathing presence.

The story of Clifton is one of quiet perseverance, its economy rooted firmly in the rich soil that sustains dairy farming and grazing. This land, much like its neighbouring districts, has been shaped by generations who understood the rhythms of the seasons and the bounty of the earth. While the Oreti River flows a few kilometres to the west, its presence a constant, unseen force, Clifton itself has grown organically, a collection of homes and farms that have weathered the passage of time. The memory of earlier endeavours, perhaps tied to the sea's proximity or the land's potential, is subtly woven into the present, a silent hum beneath the daily routine of milking sheds and the lowing of cattle.

About This Clifton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clifton, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -46.44842, 168.36009. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Clifton.

Clifton sits within the Southland Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Clifton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.