Te Raekaihau Point
Te Raekaihau Point is a rugged coastal landform in Wellington, New Zealand, adjacent to Princess Bay, between Houghton Bay to the west and Lyall Bay to the east on the south coast.Photo: Turnagra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: rugged coastal landform in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Te Raekaihau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newtown Park and Empire Cinema & Eatery.
Newtown Park
Park
Newtown Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, owned and managed by Wellington City Council. It is used for football matches in winter, and track and field athletics in summer.
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Movie theater
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Empire Cinema & Eatery is a movie theater.
Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory
University
Photo: Shimaje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wellington and Te Aro.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital and second largest urban area of New Zealand. It is also the world's southernmost capital city of a UN member state. The Windy City is on the foreshore of Wellington Harbour and ringed by hills, providing the scenic home of many of New Zealand's national arts and cultural attractions.
Te Aro
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.
Newtown
Suburb
The suburb of Newtown lies in the southern part of Wellington in New Zealand. It lies east of Vogeltown, between Mount Cook and Berhampore. The main thoroughfares of Newtown are Riddiford St, leading from Mount Cook to Berhampore and Melrose, and Constable St, leading from Newtown to Kilbirnie.
Te Raekaihau Point
- Categories: rock and landform
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.3485° or 41° 20′ 54″ southLongitude
174.7912° or 174° 47′ 28″ eastOpen location code
4VCPMQ2R+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1987969089OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeWikidata ID
Q7690939
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Satellite Map
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