Seatoun Heights, Wellington Map

About Seatoun Heights, Wellington

Seatoun Heights is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 14 m above sea level. It lies approximately 4 km east-southeast of Wellington, the regional capital. Seatoun Heights is located at 41.3083°S, 174.8202°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Seatoun Heights clings to the rugged coastline, a place where the land surrenders dramatically to the sea. It lies 4.4 km east-south-east of Wellington (from Wellington: bearing 123°T), and is situated 13.0 km south-west of Lower Hutt. The air here carries the sharp tang of salt spray, a constant reminder of the proximity to Worser Bay, its waters a shifting canvas of steely grey and sapphire blue under the often-tumultuous Wellington sky. Rolling hills, cloaked in a hardy, wind-swept greenery, tumble down towards the water's edge, their slopes etched with the paths of ancient watercourses and the more recent tracks of human passage. The very ground seems to hum with a restless energy, a testament to the elemental forces that have shaped this exposed and beautiful corner of the region.

This is a place where the echoes of maritime history are carried on the wind, a locality that has long drawn its lifeblood from the sea. For generations, the bounty of Worser Bay has sustained its inhabitants, fostering a resilient spirit and a close-knit community. While the precise origins of its economy are as varied as the shells washed ashore, the enduring connection to fishing and coastal industries remains palpable. The occasional glint of sunlight on the Wahine Memorial, a poignant reminder of a significant maritime tragedy, also speaks to the deep and often challenging relationship Seatoun Heights shares with the ocean, a history woven into the very fabric of its identity.

About This Seatoun Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Seatoun Heights, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.30828, 174.82019. 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.

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