Musselburgh, New Zealand

Musselburgh
Musselburgh Rise
Musselburgh Rise
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Coordinates: 45°53′52″S 170°30′57″E / 45.8978°S 170.5159°E / -45.8978; 170.5159
CountryNew Zealand
CityDunedin
Local authorityDunedin City Council
Area
 • Land58 ha (143 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total1,560
South Dunedin (Otago Harbour) Vauxhall
Musselburgh
Andersons Bay
St Kilda Tainui

Musselburgh is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located in the southeast of the city's urban area, 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) southeast of the city's centre, and at the narrowest point of the isthmus which joins Otago Peninsula to the rest of the South Island (here just 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) in width). The suburb takes its name from the similarly named town in Scotland.[3] Musselburgh's 2001 population was 2,835.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Reed, A. W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. ISBN 0-589-00933-8. p. 279