Kau Point Battery
Kau Point Battery is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in Wellington, New Zealand, approximately midway between the Massey Memorial and Fort Ballance, close to the site of the ancient Māori settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Ballance and Mount Crawford.
Fort Ballance
Castle
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Fort Ballance is a former coastal artillery battery on Point Gordon on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. Built in 1885 following fears of an impending war with Russia, Fort Ballance is one of the best preserved of a string of nineteenth century coastal fortifications constructed to protect New Zealand from naval attack. Fort Ballance is situated 590 metres southeast of Kau Point Battery.
Mount Crawford
Peak
Mount Crawford is the highest point of the Miramar Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. Mount Crawford was first purchased by James Coutts Crawford.
Massey Memorial
Memorial
Photo: alana’s, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Massey Memorial is the mausoleum of New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey, at Point Halswell on the Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, New Zealand. Massey Memorial is situated 710 metres northwest of Kau Point Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karaka Bays and Maupuia.
Karaka Bays
Suburb
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Karaka Bays is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies on the northeast coast of the Miramar Peninsula, 6 km east-south-east of the city centre, and has an expansive view of Wellington Harbour.
Maupuia
Suburb
Maupuia on the Miramar Peninsula is an eastern suburb of Wellington to the north-west of Miramar. Developed in the 1970s, it is in the Eastern Ward. The northern part of the peninsula, sometimes known as Crawford, includes Maupuia Park, the former Wellington…
Roseneath
Suburb
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Roseneath is an affluent suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath Peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde. Roseneath is situated 2½ km west of Kau Point Battery.
Kau Point Battery
- Type: Fort
- Description: 19th-century coast defence battery in Wellington, New Zealand
- Categories: artillery battery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.28981° or 41° 17′ 23″ southLongitude
174.83165° or 174° 49′ 54″ eastInception
1891Open location code
4VCPPR6J+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 6717968767OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q27628427
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