Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit at the northern end of the , in the of New Zealand. The spit includes around 25 km of stable land and another 5 km of mobile sand spit running eastwards from , the northern-most point of the South Island.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Spit
  • Description: narrow sand spit and nature reserve at the northern end of the Golden Bay in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Tahuroa

Farewell Spit

Latitude
-40.51667° or 40° 31′ south
Longitude
172.86667° or 172° 52′ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
4VFJFVM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2191188
Wiki­data ID
Q495838
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Farewell Spit” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Farewell Spit
  • Cebuano: Farewell Spit
  • Chinese: 道別角
  • Dutch: Farewell Spit
  • Esperanto: Terlango Farewell
  • Estonian: Farewell Spit
  • French: Farewell Spit
  • German: Farewell Spit
  • German: Sand Duining Hoeck
  • German: Tuhuroa
  • Hebrew: פרוול ספיט
  • Italian: Farewell Spit
  • Japanese: フェアウェル・スピット
  • Japanese: フェアウェル岬
  • Maori: Onetahua
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Farewell Spit
  • Polish: Farewell Spit
  • Slovenian: Farewell Spit
  • Spanish: Farewell Spit
  • Vietnamese: Mũi đất Farewell

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