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New Zealand

West Cape

West Cape is the westernmost point in the main chain of islands of . It is located in the far southwest of the , within , between Tamatea / Dusky Sound and Taiari / Chalky Inlet.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape at westernmost point of New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Te Waituna” and “Te Waituna / West Cape”

West Cape

Latitude
-45.90456° or 45° 54′ 16″ south
Longitude
166.42555° or 166° 25′ 32″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
4V683CWG+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5764991355
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2179490
Wiki­data ID
Q131930
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“West Cape” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرأس الغربي”
  • Basque: “West Cape”
  • Cebuano: “West Cape (punta sa New Zealand, lat -45,90, long 166,43)”
  • Cebuano: “West Cape”
  • Dutch: “West Cape”
  • French: “West Cape”
  • German: “West Cape”
  • Maori: “Te Waituna”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo West”
  • Slovak: “Západný mys”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni rt”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Західний (Нова Зеландія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Західний”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Cape”. Photo: LawrieM, CC BY-SA 4.0.