Te Pirau Point / Jones Head
Te Pirau Point / Jones Head is a cape in Auckland, Auckland Region. Te Pirau Point / Jones Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Wattle Bay, as well as near Little Huia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: Point in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Jones Head”, “Te Pirau Point”, and “Te Pirau Point (Jones Head)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manukau Heads and Manukau Heads Lighthouse.
Manukau Heads
Peak
The Manukau Heads or the Manukau Harbour Heads is the name given to the two promontories that form the entrance to the Manukau Harbour – one of the two harbours of Auckland in New Zealand.
Manukau Heads Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manukau Heads Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated on the Āwhitu Peninsula, at the Manukau Heads, the entrance to the Manukau Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Huia and Ōrua Bay.
Little Huia
Hamlet
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Little Huia is a western coastal settlement of West Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand and forms part of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, bordering the Manukau Harbour. It is located south-west of the settlement of Huia.
Ōrua Bay
Village
Ōrua Bay is a rural settlement on the northern tip of the Āwhitu Peninsula and south coast of the Manukau Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.
Huia
Village
Photo: Sandy Austin, CC BY 2.0.
Huia is a western coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand and forms part of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park. The majority of houses in Huia are located along Huia Road, which arcs around Huia Bay and heads west towards Little Huia.
Te Pirau Point / Jones Head
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.04311° or 37° 2′ 35″ southLongitude
174.56369° or 174° 33′ 49″ eastElevation
203 metres (666 feet)Open location code
4VJPXH47+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8442104371OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6231273Wikidata ID
Q119198543
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In Other Languages
“Te Pirau Point / Jones Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Te Pirau Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wattle Bay and Whatipu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Awhitu Reserve and Wattle Bay Beach.
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