Panorama from the summit of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin, with Mosgiel on the far left.

Mosgiel (population 9,500) forms a suburb of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, located 15 kilometres southwest of the city centre. Although it has technically had the status of a suburb since the re-organisation of local councils in the late 1980s, most people still think of it as a separate town. Download high resolution version (15640x1584, 5332 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (15640x1584, 5332 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links NZ-Mosgiel. ... Image File history File links NZ-Mosgiel. ... Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ... Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ...

Mosgiel stands at the north-eastern extremity of the Taieri Plains, and the Silver Stream, a tributary of the Taieri River, runs through the north end of the town. The town celebrates its location in calling itself "The pearl of the plains". The Taieri Plains are an area of fertile agricultural land to the southwest of Dunedin, in Otago, New Zealand. ... The Silver Stream is a small stream flowing alongside the town of Mosgiel. ... The Taieri River is the fourth longest river in New Zealand, and is located in Otago in the countrys South Island. ...

Mosgiel takes its name from Mossgiel in Ayrshire, the farm of poet Robert Burns, the uncle of the co-founder of the Otago settlement, the Reverend Thomas Burns. Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir in Scottish Gaelic) was a county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Burns Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet Burns redirects here. ... Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ...

Between Mosgiel and the city centre of Dunedin stand the rugged Three Mile Hill and Scroggs Hill, which form part of the crater wall of a long-extinct volcano, the crater of which has become Otago Harbour. To the south of the town lies one of the many volcanic peaks that formed part of the volcano, Saddle Hill, a prominent landmark, visible from a considerable distance and notable for its distinctive shape. Kinmont Park nestles at the foot of the hill: this recent housing subdivision forms Mosgiel's own largest suburb. Otago Harbour consists of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating Otago Peninsula from the main urban areas of Dunedin, New Zealand. ...

Gordon Road, Mosgiel. Saddle Hill is visible in the background.

Hooray for Mollywood!

The State Highway 1 motorway, upgraded in 2003, links Mosgiel with the Dunedin city centre, 15 kilometres to the northeast. State Highway 87 starts at a junction with State Highway 1 at the southeastern edge of Mosgiel, the first part of the highway comprising the main street of Mosgiel, Gordon Road. Image File history File links MosgielNZ.jpg Mosgiel, New Zealand (photo by James Dignan, March 2005) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links MosgielNZ.jpg Mosgiel, New Zealand (photo by James Dignan, March 2005) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Mosgielsign. ... Image File history File links Mosgielsign. ... State Highway 1 State Highway 1 is the most significant single element of the New Zealand roading network State Highway 1 can be considered as a single highway running the length of both main islands, a total of 2027 km. ... Motorway mark in Europe. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Zealand State Highway Shield. ...

Mosgiel's economy until recent years focussed on the production of wool products, and many older New Zealanders still associate the word "Mosgiel" with the former Mosgiel Woollen Mills. The town forms an important service-centre for the farming community on the Taieri Plains, and hosts one of New Zealand's largest agricultural research institutes, Invermay.

Mosgiel's town sign forms an unusual feature. Modelled on the famous Hollywood Sign, the seven letters of the Mosgiel sign perch on a hillside at the northeastern edge of the town, close to State Highway 1. Because of this sign locals occasionally jokingly refer to the town as "Mollywood". The Hollywoodland sign in the 1920s The HOLLYWOOD sign is a famous landmark in Los Angeles, California that dates back to 1923, with periodic restoration since then. ...