Whakatakahe Head

Whakatakahe Head is a cape in Hawke’s Bay, North Island. Whakatakahe Head is situated nearby to the locality Te Hoe, as well as near the village Māhia Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Māhia Beach and Waikōkopu.

Māhia Beach

Village

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Māhia Beach is a village.

Waikōkopu

Hamlet

Photo: Felipe Skroski, CC BY 2.0.

Waikōkopu is a small coastal settlement in the north of New Zealand's Hawke's Bay Region, where the Waikōkopu Stream forms a small tidal estuary between two prominent headlands.

Ōpoutama

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ōpoutama is a hamlet.

Whakatakahe Head

Type: Cape
Description: point on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.10364° or 39° 6′ 13″ south

Longitude

177.86054° or 177° 51′ 38″ east

Open location code

4VGVVVW6+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7025118156

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Whakatakahe Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Whakatakahe Head”
“Whakatakahe Head”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Te Hoe and Pūtoetoe.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Te Hoe Whaling Station and Mokotahi Outlook.

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