Tunnel Beach, New Zealand

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Tunnel beach (to the left) from further down the coast.

Collage showing the tunnel and the beach.

Tunnel Beach is a beach to the southwest of Dunedin, New Zealand. Beyond the beauty of the rugged cliffs, its claim to fame is the tunnel down to the actual beach that a local politician, John Cargill, a son of Captain William Cargill, had had built in the 1870s for his family.^[1]

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^ Tunnel Beach (from the New Zealand Department of Conservation website. Retrieved 2007-10-09.)

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Tunnel Beach, New Zealand is at coordinates 45°55′16″S 170°27′31″E / -45.921229, 170.458556 (Tunnel Beach, New Zealand)Coordinates: 45°55′16″S 170°27′31″E / -45.921229, 170.458556 (Tunnel Beach, New Zealand)

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