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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Quarter
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
Quarter
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.40822° or 41° 24′ 30″ southLongitude
174.8707° or 174° 52′ 15″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
4VCPHVRC+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 9307563836OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baring Head Monitoring Station and Para.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baring Head”. Photo: LawrieM, CC BY-SA 4.0.