West Head | |
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 West Head, Tory Channel | |
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| Coordinates: 41°12′50″S174°18′58″E / 41.214°S 174.316°E [1] | |
| Location | Marlborough District, New Zealand |
| Offshore water bodies | Tory Channel / Kura Te Au |
West Head is the easternmost point of the New Zealand's South Island. It is named West Head as it marks the western side of the entrance to Tory Channel / Kura Te Au. The corresponding East Head sits accross the channel on Arapaoa Island.
West Head is the easternmost point of the South Island. However, two other distinct headlands have very similar longitudes, sometimes leading to confusion and erroneous claims.
West Head, at the entrance to Tory Channel, is recorded by Land Information New Zealand at 174.316°E (174°18'57"E).<ref name=NZG West Head>
Cape Jackson, easternmost tip measured at 174.315°E (174°18'54"E), is about 100 metres further west.
Both West Head and Cape Jackson are at the end of long, narrow and difficult-to-reach peninsulas in the Marlborough Sounds. For this reason third-place Cape Campbell, LINZ longitude 174.2760°E, easternmost tip 174.2773°E (174°16'34") is sometimes mistakenly considered the easternmost point, but is about three kilometres further west.
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