Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu | hill, interesting place

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This is the actual location of the hill with the world's longest place-name (according to Multi-map.com and www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz ).

This hill holds the Guinness World Record for the longest placename on Earth. Translated from Maori, it means: The brow [or summit] of the hill [or place], where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid [down], climbed [up] and swallowed mountains, [to travel the land], [who is] known as the land eater, played [on] his [nose] flute to his loved one.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
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Coordinates:   40°20'45"S   176°32'24"E

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