Godley Head

Awaroa / Godley Head, called Cachalot Head by early French explorers, is a prominent headland in Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō. The headland is named for John Robert Godley.

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Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Also known as: “Awa-roa”, “Awaroa”, “Awaroa / Godley Head”, “Awaroa/Godley Head”, “Cachalot Head”, “Ko-toki-toki”, and “Otokitoki”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van Asch College.

Van Asch College

School

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Van Asch Deaf Education Centre was located in Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was a special school for deaf children, accepting both day and residential pupils, as well being as a resource centre providing services and support for parents, mainstream students and their teachers in the South Island and the Lower North Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylors Mistake and Scarborough.

Taylors Mistake

Quarter

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Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula.

Scarborough

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Scarborough is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scarborough is located between Sumner and Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake. It was named for the seaside resort in North Yorkshire, England.

Sumner

Suburb

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Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association.

Godley Head

Categories: point and landform
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.5873° or 43° 35′ 14″ south

Longitude

172.80553° or 172° 48′ 20″ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Named after

John Robert Godley

Open location code

4V8JCR74+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6552350267

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2190658

Wikidata ID

Q28180501

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Godley Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Awaroa/Godley Head”
Cebuano: “Godley Head”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sumner Town Centre and Richmond Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Radar and Godley Head Heritage Trust Museum.

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