West Cape
West Cape is the westernmost point in the main chain of islands of New Zealand. It is located in the far southwest of the South Island, within Fiordland National Park, between Tamatea / Dusky Sound and Taiari / Chalky Inlet.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 54 metres (177 feet)
- Description: cape at westernmost point of New Zealand
- Also known as“Te Waituna”“Te Waituna / West Cape”
West Cape
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-45.90456° or 45° 54′ 16″ south
Longitude
166.42555° or 166° 25′ 32″ east
Open location code
4V683CWG+56
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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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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