Musick Point
Musick Point is the headland of the peninsula that forms the eastern shore of the Tāmaki River in Bucklands Beach, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1942, Musick Point was named after Ed Musick, an aviator who visited New Zealand in 1937, although the headland is also known as Te Waiarohia, after an ancient Māori stronghold.Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in New Zealand
- Also known as: “East Head”, “Musick Point / Te Naupata”, “Te Naupata”, and “Te Naupata / Musick Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Churchill Park and Bucklands Beach.
Churchill Park
Park
Photo: Clivostros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churchill Park is a 40-hectare park in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie, in New Zealand. It was named after Winston Churchill upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the eastern side of the Auckland isthmus towards the Tāmaki River. Glendowie suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area.
Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve
Park
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tahuna Torea is a nature reserve in Auckland, New Zealand, in the suburb of Glendowie. The reserve is a coastal wetland and sandspit containing freshwater ponds, mangroves, and walking tracks through bush and overland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bucklands Beach and Glendowie.
Bucklands Beach
Suburb
Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bucklands Beach is a suburb and beach 13 kilometres east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. Bucklands Beach was originally a rural farm owned by Alfred Buckland until being developed as a holiday destination for Aucklanders in the 1910s with a regular passenger service to the beach.
Glendowie
Suburb
Photo: Clivostros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glendowie is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was under Auckland City Council from 1989 until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the "super city" in 2010.
Eastern Beach
Suburb
Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eastern Beach is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Located on the eastern city of the city centre, the suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City.
Musick Point
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.84636° or 36° 50′ 47″ southLongitude
174.90104° or 174° 54′ 4″ eastOpen location code
4VMP5W32+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5411687617OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6232090Wikidata ID
Q6942612
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Musick Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Musick Point”
- Maori: “Te Naupata”
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