Tiwai Point
| Tiwai Point | ||
 Aluminum smelter Tiwai Point Aluminum Smelter with the Tiwai Point from Bluff Hill of view |
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 36 ′ S , 168 ° 22 ′ E | |
| location | at the entrance to Bluff Harbor , on the opposite side of Bluff , South Coast , South Coast , New Zealand | |
| Waters | North Channel , Bluff Harbor | |
| height | 1 m | |
 Awarua Plain (top), Tiwai Point (middle) and Bluff (bottom left), photo from the International Space Station (2008). |
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Tiwai Point is actually a small insignificant cape at the entrance to Bluff Harbor on the South Island of New Zealand . The name Tiwai Point became known because of the aluminum smelter, Tiwai Point Aluminum Smelter , which is located on the headland thatendsat Tiwai Point .
geography
The small flat cape is located on the eastern side of the entrance to the natural harbor Bluff Harbor and is directly opposite the small town of Bluff on the other side of the harbor entrance. Invercargill , the town to which the area belongs, is 18 km to the north.
Aluminum smelter
The Tiwai Point Aluminum Smelter located on the peninsula is one of the largest industrial locations in New Zealand. The smelter, which opened in 1971, was counted among the 20 largest aluminum smelters in the world in 2006. The smelter and the Manapouri power plant were built as a joint project at the time to cover the power consumption of up to 610 megawatts. The plant is the South Island's largest energy consumer, consuming a third of the South Island's energy and 15% of New Zealand's energy.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ^ Brian Easton : Economy - Secondary production . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , September 16, 2016, accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Smart solutions at aluminum smelter . MWH New Zealand , archived from the original on September 30, 2006 ; accessed on September 18, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Tiwai Point . MWH New Zealand , archived from the original on September 25, 2008 ; accessed on April 15, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).