🏔️ Turakirae Head

New Zealand · Oceania · 41.43°S, 174.92°E

Turakirae Head is a promontory and scientific reserve on the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located at the western end of Palliser Bay, 20 kilometres southeast of Wellington, at the southern end of the Remutaka Range. The headland is notable for a series of marine terraces and beach ridges that record uplift from past earthquakes. Turakirae Head is also home to a seal colony and southern bull kelp.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	41.43°S, 174.92°E · view on map

Turakirae Head is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

More headlands in New Zealand

Abut Head · Cape Reinga · Manukau Heads · North Cape (New Zealand) · North Head (New Zealand) · Observation Point · Pencarrow Head · Point Britomart · Taiaroa Head · West Head.

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