View of Point Dorset and Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsula.

The Miramar Peninsula is at the southeastern end of the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It contains the suburbs of Miramar (including Maupuia), Seatoun, and Strathmore. The isthmus connecting the peninsula to the rest of Wellington separates Evans Bay to the north from Lyall Bay to the south, and is the location of Wellington International Airport. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1754 KB)View of Point Dorset from above Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsular File links The following pages link to this file: Miramar Peninsula ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1754 KB)View of Point Dorset from above Breaker Bay on the Miramar Peninsular File links The following pages link to this file: Miramar Peninsula ... Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ... Miramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. ... Seatoun is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Wellington International Airport (IATA: WLG, ICAO: NZWN) serves New Zealands capital city of Wellington. ...

To the east of the peninsula lies the mouth of Wellington Harbour, which opens into Cook Strait at its southern end. The notorious rocks of Barrett Reef lie close to the shore of the peninsula. Wellington Habour is the large natural habour at the south-eastern tip of the North Island, on which New Zealands capital stands. ... A view of from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington - Cook Strait stretches to the right (west). ... Map of Wellington Harbour entrance showing Barrett Reef The cluster of rocks that is Barrett Reef (often known as Barretts Reef) is one of the most treacherous reefs in New Zealand. ...

The peninsula was originally called Watt's Peninsula. In 1872 the first settler in the area, James Coutts Crawford, changed the name to Miramar — which means Behold the sea or Wonderful Sea. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

The original Maori name was Whataitai. Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ...

Miramar Borough was formed on 18 November 1904. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar with 43 days remaining. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Film director Peter Jackson has built a multi-million dollar series of studios, sound stages, pre- and post-production facilities in Miramar. The famous "Weta Workshop" that is also involved in many movies directed by Peter Jackson such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong can also be found in Miramar. Peter Jackson Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay) is a New Zealand-born filmmaker best-known as the director of the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novel by... Miramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... King Kong battles a pterosaur in the original 1933 version. ... Miramar, loosely translated from Spanish, means sea-view. As a toponym, Miramar may refer to any of the following geographical locations: Argentina Miramar, Buenos Aires – a city in Buenos Aires province. ...

References

• Wellington Local History: Miramar/Seatoun — A Wellington City Libraries page on the history of the area