Cape Egmont
| Cape Egmont | ||
 Cape Egmont Lighthouse with Mount Taranaki in the background |
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 17 ′ S , 173 ° 45 ′ E | |
| location | South Taranaki District , Taranaki Region, North Island | |
| Waters | Tasman Sea | |
| height | 33 m | |
| lighthouse | Cape Egmont Lighthouse | |
| particularities | westernmost point of the southern part of the North Island | |
The Cape Egmont is a Cape in South Taranaki District , the region Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The cape is located around 35 km southwest of New Plymouth and 27 km west of the summit of Mount Taranaki . The cape can be reached from the New Zealand State Highway 45 via the almost 5 km long Cape Road , which also leads directly to the Cape Egmont Lighthouse .
Cape Egmont Lighthouse
The Cape Egmont Lighthouse is located at the Cape 230 m inland. The lighthouse was originally built in 1865 on Mana Island , 6 km northwest of Porirua , but dismantled there in 1877 and rebuilt on Cape Egmont . Since then, the lighthouse has been doing its job there, fully automatically since 1986.
Cape Egmont Fault (Zone)
There are numerous faults around Mount Taranaki . The Cape Egmont Fault (CEF) is one of them and extends around 10 km southwest of the cape for around 53 km in a south-westerly direction along the Maui oil field in the Taranaki Basin . The fault is part of the Cape Egmont Fault Zone (CEFZ), a larger contiguous area of faults that roughly coincides with the extent of the Taranaki Basin and extends from Cape Egmont in a north-south direction.
literature
- Scott D. Nodder : Neotectonics of the offshore Cape Egmont Fault Zone, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand . In: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics . Vol. 36 , 1993, pp. 167–184 , doi : 10.1080 / 00288306.1993.9514566 (English, online [PDF; 6.5 MB ; accessed on June 26, 2018]).