Home Point

Home Point is a cape in Whangarei, Northland. Home Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Urquharts Bay, as well as near Taurikura.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Lion and Mount Manaia.

Mount Lion

Peak

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Mount Lion is a peak.

Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and the Hauraki Gulf to the south, Whangārei Harbour to the west and the Poor Knights Islands and Northland coast to the north.

Mount Aubrey

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Aubrey is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urquharts Bay and Taurikura.

Urquharts Bay

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Urquharts Bay is a hamlet.

Taurikura

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Taurikura is a small, rural township in the Whangarei District, approximately 30 kilometres south east of Whangārei city in Northland, New Zealand. The town is located on the shores of Calliope Bay at the base of 420-metre-high Mount Manaia which, along with Bream Head and the Hen Island, collectively form the ancient remnants of a very large andesitic volcano.

Marsden Point

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Marsden Point is a broad, flat peninsula that is the southern head of the Whangārei Harbour entrance on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand, 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Whangārei.

Home Point

Type: Cape
Description: point in the Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.85066° or 35° 51′ 2″ south

Longitude

174.5271° or 174° 31′ 38″ east

Elevation

47 metres (154 feet)

Open location code

4VPP4GXG+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8086387692

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2208105

Wikidata ID

Q32223166

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Home Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Home Point”

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Localities in the Area

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