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Headland on South Island, New Zealand For similar terms, see Westhead (disambiguation).

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Coordinates: 41°12′50″S 174°18′58″E / 41.214°S 174.316°E / -41.214; 174.316
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 across the channel on Arapaoa Island.

Easternmost point of South 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).

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.

Similar named geographic features

There are two other locations in the South Island named West Head:

43°40′38″S 173°04′20″E / 43.6773°S 173.0722°E / -43.6773; 173.0722, at the entrance to Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula.
41°13′02″S 174°08′37″E / 41.2172°S 174.1437°E / -41.2172; 174.1437, at the end of a peninsula on the northern shore of Queen Charlotte Sound. See Ruakākā Bay.

References

^ "Place name detail: West Head". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

Marlborough District, New Zealand

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Marlborough Sounds	Anakiwa Bulwer Canvastown Havelock Linkwater Koromiko Moenui Ngākuta Bay Ōkiwi Bay Pelorus Bridge Picton Port Underwood Rai Valley Waikawa Waitaria Bay
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Wairau-Awatere	Fairhall Grovetown Marlborough Ridge Rapaura Rārangi Renwick Riverlands Seddon Spring Creek Tuamarina Waihopai Valley Wairau Valley Ward Wharanui Woodbourne

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Islands	Allports Island Amerikiwhati Island Anatakupu Island Arapaoa Island Blumine Island / Ōruawairua Chetwode Islands Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island Forsyth Island Long Island Matapara / Pickersgill Island Maud Island Rangitoto Islands Stephens Island
Bodies of water	Admiralty Bay Big Lagoon The Brothers Bryant Range Clifford Bay Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay Croisilles Harbour Elaine Bay Fairy Bay Kenepuru Sound Lake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau Maungatapu Meretoto / Ship Cove Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere Penzance Bay Te Anamāhanga / Port Gore Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui Tawero Point Tennyson Inlet Tory Channel / Kura Te Au Wairau Bar
Landforms	Cape Campbell Cape Jackson Dillon Cone Kaikōura Ranges Richmond Ranges Tapuae-o-Uenuku Ward Beach Wards Pass

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