Nugget Point
Nugget Point is a coastal landform on the Otago coast in New Zealand. Located at the northern end of the Catlins coast, along the road from Kaka Point, this steep headland has a lighthouse at its tip, surrounded by rocky islets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Otago, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Nugget Point/Tokata”, “Tokata”, and “Tokatā / Nugget Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nugget Point Lighthouse.
Nugget Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Nugget Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Nugget Point in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaka Point and Pounawea.
Kaka Point
Village
Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaka Point is a small town at the northern edge of The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres south of Balclutha and 8 km north of the headland of Nugget Point.
Pounawea
Village
Pounawea is a small town in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located four kilometres southwest of Owaka, at the mouth of the Catlins River.
Nugget Point
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-46.44924° or 46° 26′ 57″ southLongitude
169.818° or 169° 49′ 5″ eastOpen location code
4V5FHR29+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 11661743218OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2185945Wikidata ID
Q1859516
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Nugget Point” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناجيت بوينت”
- Catalan: “Nugget Point”
- Cebuano: “Nugget Point”
- Czech: “Nugget Point”
- Dutch: “Nugget Point”
- French: “Nugget Point”
- German: “Nugget Point”
- German: “Tokatā”
- Japanese: “ナゲット・ポイント”
- Maori: “Tokatā”
- Portuguese: “Nugget Point”
- Spanish: “Nugget Point”
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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 “Nugget Point”. Photo: Njhinku, CC BY 2.5.