Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit at the northern end of , 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.
Wikipedia
NASA, Public domain.
  • Spit
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tahuroa”
  • Description: narrow sand spit and nature reserve at the northern end of the Golden Bay in New Zealand

Farewell Spit

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Latitude
-40.51667° or 40° 31′ south
Longitude
172.86667° or 172° 52′ east
Open location code
4VFJFVM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2191188
Wiki­data ID
Q495838

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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”
  • Russian: “Коса Прощания”
  • Slovenian: “Farewell Spit”
  • Spanish: “Farewell Spit”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi đất Farewell”

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