Cape Lovitt

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Cape Lovitt
Cape Lovitt.JPG
View of Cape Lovitt
Geographical location
Cape Lovitt (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
Cape Lovitt
Coordinates 50 ° 48 ′  S , 165 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′  S , 165 ° 52 ′  E
location westernmost point of Auckland Island
Waters South Pacific Ocean
length 600 m
width 375 m
height 160 m
Auckland Islands - STS089-743-5.jpg
Auckland Islands with Cape Lovitt as the westernmost point

Cape Lovitt is a cape on Auckland Island , one of the islands of the Offshore Islands of New Zealand .

geography

Cape Lovitt is located on the west coast of the main Auckland Islands . The cape represents the westernmost point of Auckland Island and the entire archipelago. At the same time, the cape, including the offshore 12 nautical mile zone , forms the westernmost territorial border of New Zealand.

The cliffs of the cape are extremely steep and rise to a height of around 160  m . Inland the mountains rise first with the Finger Rocks to 411  m and a little further east with the Fleming Plateau to 552  m .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Auckland Islands . (JPG 5.7 MB) Land Information New Zealand , accessed on June 28, 2018 (English).