Tiwai Point
Tiwai Point lies at the entrance to Bluff Harbour on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. A spit which extends from the western end of the Awarua Plain, it lies between Awarua Bay to the north and Foveaux Strait to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bluff Maritime Museum and The Bluff / Motupōhue.
Bluff Maritime Museum
Museum
The Bluff Maritime Museum is located in New Zealand's southernmost port of Bluff. The museum is situated on Foreshore Road and contains an extensive collection of Bluff's maritime heritage.
Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter
The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is an aluminium smelter owned by Rio Tinto Group, via a joint venture called New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited. The facility, New Zealand's only aluminium smelter, is at Tiwai Point, near Bluff.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Bluff.
East End
Quarter
East End is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the east of the city centre, north of Strandon, and west of Fitzroy.
Bluff
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Bluff is a small port town and the southernmost town on the South Island of New Zealand. It is 30 km south of the city of Invercargill.
Ocean Beach
Neighborhood
Ocean Beach is an industrial area in the Southland Region of New Zealand. For around 100 years it was the site of a freezing works. This closed in 1991, and the site has been redeveloped as an aquaculture facility.
Tiwai Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: Point in Southland, New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Invercargill City, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.59984° or 46° 35′ 59″ southLongitude
168.36471° or 168° 21′ 53″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
4V5CC927+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 6602252297OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Tiwai Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tiwai Point”
- Chinese: “蒂瓦伊波因”
- German: “Tiwai Point”
- Hebrew: “יער טיואי”
- Japanese: “ティワイ・ポイント”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tiwai Point”
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Localities in the Area
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