South Head
South Head is a cape in New Zealand. South Head is situated nearby to the locality Curio Bay Fossil Forest, as well as near the hamlet Waikawa.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waikawa.
Waikawa
Hamlet
Waikawa is a small settlement at the mouth of the Waikawa River in Southland, New Zealand, at the southwestern edge of The Catlins. The township is now a small fishing settlement, but at one time in the late 19th century was a major port, shipping timber from the sawmills of the Catlins north to help build the new town of Dunedin.
South Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Southland, New Zealand
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.6625° or 46° 39′ 45″ south
Longitude
169.10594° or 169° 6′ 21″ east
Open location code
4V5F84P4+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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