Pūrehurehu Point

Pūrehurehu Point is a cape in Otago, South Island. Pūrehurehu Point is situated nearby to the locality Heyward Point, as well as near the hamlet Long Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whareakeake.

Whareakeake

Beach

Whareakeake is a beach 25 kilometres northeast of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, as well as the valley above and behind the beach. Located to the west of Aramoana and included as a section of the Otago Heads, Whareakeake was a place of habitation for Māori people from early times until the Sealers' War skirmish of 1817 from which it derived its colonial name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Beach and Aramoana.

Long Beach

Hamlet

Long Beach, known in Māori as Wharauwerawera or Wharewerawera is a small coastal settlement in Otago, New Zealand comprising approximately 100 homes. Many of the sections were initially auctioned in October 1922 for a pound deposit.

Aramoana

Village

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Aramoana is a small coastal settlement 27 kilometres north of Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in the 2001 Census was 261.

Pūrākaunui

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pūrākaunui is a small settlement in Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the bounds of the city of Dunedin, in a rural coastal area some 25 km to the north of the city centre.

Pūrehurehu Point

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.75923° or 45° 45′ 33″ south

Longitude

170.67614° or 170° 40′ 34″ east

Elevation

58 metres (190 feet)

Open location code

4V6G6MRG+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6592916056

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6212429

Wikidata ID

Q125214335

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In Other Languages

“Pūrehurehu Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Purehurehu Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Heyward Point and Te Ngaru.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kaikai Beach and Whareakeake.

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