Sutton is a locality in the
Strath Taieri
Strath Taieri is a large glacial valley and river plateau in New Zealand's South Island. It is surrounded by the rugged hill ranges to the north and west of Otago Harbour. Since 1989 it has been part of the city of Dunedin. The small town of Middle ...
, in the southern part of the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
, New Zealand. It is located on
SH 87 close to the point where it is met by the
Taieri Gorge rail line, some 5 kilometres to the south of
Middlemarch
''Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life'' is a novel by the English author Mary Anne Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. It first appeared in eight installments (volumes) in 1871 and 1872. Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, ...
. New Zealand's only salt lake, the
Sutton Salt Lake
Sutton Salt Lake in Otago, is New Zealand's only inland salt water lake.New Zealand also has one coastal salt water lake, Lake Grassmere, a lagoon with no direct outflow to the sea. It is located 10 kilometres west of Sutton, New Zealand, Sut ...
, lies 10 kilometres to the west. Sutton is the location of the Orchard Sun Club, Dunedin's only landed
naturist club
A naturist resort or nudist resort is an establishment that provides accommodation (or at least camping space) and other amenities for guests in a context where they are invited to practise naturism – that is, a lifestyle of non-sexual socia ...
.
Populated places in Otago
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