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New Zealand

North Cape

North Cape / Otou is the northernmost point of 's main islands. At the northeastern tip of the Aupōuri Peninsula, the cape lies 30 kilometres east and three kilometres north of .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in the North of North Island of New Zealand
  • Also known as: “North Cape / Otou”, “North Cape / Otou / Ōtū”, and “Otou”

North Cape

Latitude
-34.416° or 34° 24′ 58″ south
Longitude
173.05197° or 173° 3′ 7″ east
Open location code
4VQMH3M2+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1872115465
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2186006
Wiki­data ID
Q2000557
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“North Cape” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راس الشمال”
  • Basque: “North Cape (Zeelanda Berria)”
  • Basque: “North Cape”
  • Catalan: “North West Cape”
  • Cebuano: “North Cape”
  • Czech: “Severní mys”
  • Dutch: “North Cape”
  • French: “North Cape”
  • German: “North Cape”
  • German: “Otou”
  • Hungarian: “Északi-fok (Új-Zéland)”
  • Hungarian: “Északi-fok”
  • Japanese: “サーヴィル・クリフ”
  • Japanese: “ノースケープ”
  • Maori: “Otou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Cape på New Zealand”
  • Persian: “کیپ شمالی (اتو)”
  • Persian: “کیپ شمالی”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Norte (Nova Zelândia)”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Norte”
  • Slovak: “Severný mys”
  • Slovenian: “Severni rt (Nova Zelandija)”
  • Slovenian: “Severni rt”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Norte (Nueva Zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Norte”

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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 “North Cape”. Photo: LawrieM, CC BY-SA 4.0.