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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Quarter
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
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.5873° or 43° 35′ 14″ southLongitude
172.80553° or 172° 48′ 20″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Named after
John Robert GodleyOpen location code
4V8JCR74+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 6552350267OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2190658Wikidata 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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