Weka Point
Weka Point is a cape in Marlborough District, Marlborough. Weka Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Portage, as well as near Nōpera.- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Wheka Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Sparrow.
HMS Sparrow
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitaria Bay and Waikawa.
Waitaria Bay
Locality
Waitaria Bay is a locality in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It lies on the northern side of Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. The town is one of the most isolated in the South Island to have a school.
Waikawa
Quarter
Photo: Sid Mosdell, CC BY 2.0.
Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa.
Ngākuta Bay
Village
Ngākuta Bay is a settlement and bay in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. The bay is part of Grove Arm in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui. Picton is about 11 km to the southeast via Queen Charlotte Drive.
Weka Point
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Marlborough District, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.19263° or 41° 11′ 34″ southLongitude
174.00077° or 174° 0′ 3″ eastOpen location code
4VCPR242+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6562995149OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2179552Wikidata ID
Q125703742
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