Poison Point

Poison Point is a cape in Marlborough District, Marlborough. Poison Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Portage, as well as near Nōpera.

Places of Interest

Highlights include HMS Sparrow.

HMS Sparrow

Disaster remains

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waitaria Bay.

Waitaria Bay is a locality in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It lies on the northern side of Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. The town is one of the most isolated in the South Island to have a school.

Poison Point

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

-41.1779° or 41° 10′ 40″ south

Longitude

174.011° or 174° 0′ 40″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

4VCPR2C6+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11662373351

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6243724

Wikidata ID

Q107856366

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