Inconstant Point

Inconstant Point is a cape in Greater Wellington, North Island. Inconstant Point is situated nearby to the quarter Breaker Bay, as well as near the neighborhood Dorset Cove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pencarrow Lighthouse and Lake Kohangapiripiri.

Pencarrow Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Aidan Wojtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pencarrow Lighthouse, also known as Pencarrow Head Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse at Pencarrow Head in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand.

Lake Kohangapiripiri is one of the two freshwater Pencarrow lakes in Fitzroy Bay – the other being the slightly larger Lake Kohangatera. It stands to the east of Pencarrow Head, on the eastern side of New Zealand's Wellington Harbour, in East Harbour Regional Park, and is fed by Cameron Stream which rises on private land to its north.

Barrett Reef

Photo: Sendervictorius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The cluster of rocks that is Barrett Reef is one of the most hazardous reefs in New Zealand. It lies on the western side of the entrance of Wellington Harbour, on the approaches to the city of Wellington, at coordinates.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breaker Bay and Seatoun.

Breaker Bay

Quarter

Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Breaker Bay is a suburb on the south east coast of Wellington City in New Zealand, on the Miramar Peninsula. The suburb contains a 600 m wide bay with the same name.

Seatoun

Suburb

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Seatoun is an eastern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand and lies on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour.

Moa Point

Quarter

Photo: Andrew Harvey, CC BY 3.0.

Moa Point is a small suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, situated on the south coast between Lyall Bay to the west and Tarakena Bay to the east. As of 2015 there were 21 households in the suburb.

Inconstant Point

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.3495° or 41° 20′ 58″ south

Longitude

174.8525° or 174° 51′ 9″ east

Open location code

4VCPMV22+6X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9307563845

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6244703

Wikidata ID

Q32227702

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Inconstant Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Inconstant Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dorset Cove and Beacon Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cameron Creek Wetland and Old Pencarrow Lighthouse.

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