Pouto Peninsula
Poutō Peninsula | |
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 Pouto North Head and Lighthouse looking North up Ripiro Beach | |
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| Coordinates: 36°15′S 174°2′E / 36.250°S 174.033°E | |
| Location | Kaipara District |
The Pouto Peninsula is a landform on the northern Kaipara Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The Peninsula runs in the north west to south east direction and is approximately 55 km long. The width varies from about 5.4 km to about 14 km, with the widest part of the peninsula near its southern end. The Tasman Sea is to the west, and the Kaipara Harbour is to the south. The Wairoa River and Kaipara Harbour are to the east. Dargaville and State Highway 12 lie directly to the north east of the peninsula.[1][2] The mouth of the Kaipara Harbour separates the peninsula from the smaller Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula to the south.
The most substantial settlement on the peninsula is Te Kōpuru. The locality of Pouto, originally a Māori village, is in the south east of the peninsula.
- ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. maps 6, 7, 10. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. maps 26, 30. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.