Baring Head

Baring Head is a headland, located between Wellington Harbour and Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. It marks the southern end of Fitzroy Bay.

Photo: LawrieM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Also known as: “Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui” and “Baring Head/Ōrua-pouanui”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baring Head Lighthouse.

Baring Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Baring Head Lighthouse is a concrete lighthouse at Baring Head in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, with an LED beacon powered by mains electricity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moa Point and Breaker Bay.

Moa Point

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Photo: Andrew Harvey, CC BY 3.0.

Moa Point is a small suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, situated on the south coast between Lyall Bay to the west and Tarakena Bay to the east. As of 2015 there were 21 households in the suburb.

Breaker Bay

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Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Breaker Bay is a suburb on the south east coast of Wellington City in New Zealand, on the Miramar Peninsula. The suburb contains a 600 m wide bay with the same name.

Strathmore Park

Suburb

Photo: Pakoire, CC0.

Strathmore Park is a suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Miramar Peninsula to the south of the suburb of Miramar, and due east of the airport.

Baring Head

Categories: point and landform
Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.40822° or 41° 24′ 30″ south

Longitude

174.8707° or 174° 52′ 15″ east

Elevation

41 metres (135 feet)

Open location code

4VCPHVRC+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9307563836

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2193562

Wikidata ID

Q4860763

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Satellite Map

Discover Baring Head from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Maori—“Baring Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Baring Head”
Maori: “Ōrua-pouanui”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dorset Cove and Clay Forks.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baring Head Monitoring Station and Para.

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