NZ Trivia
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Auckland Islands in the South, and Three Kings in the North?
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Trivia:
@Snowy right you are, they are way north of 3 Kings
Western Most city would be Perth wouldnt it....
Perth is South African we just have a small outpost. I actually have no idea what is our most western island.
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@Snowy well for anyone else who was curious (and hasnt already checked)...turns out we had a correct answer for the wrong question....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_New_Zealand#New_Zealand_overall
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Nice. Auckland islands are most west. Would never have guessed that.
That is the problem with Mercator (and other projections) that we all see as the world from a young age. They are so distorted at our latitudes that it is just wrong from a navigation view.
I am off to buy a globe.
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Bit silly (even if technically correct) to include little rock outcrops in these.
I have my own little list to cross off which are the 'accessible' points on the main islands. Those that the average Joe Blow could go to when travelling around. eg a drive and a well trodden walk.
North Island
Northern - Cape Reinga Lighthouse.
Southern - Cape Palliser
Western - Cape Egmont Lighthouse
Eastern - The East Cape Rd
Highest - Mt Ruapehu (I'd count any of the peaks really. A summer hike can take you to the top of Te HeuHeu which is only 40m shorter than Tahurangi although even the well worn 'tourist' route to the dome shelter above the Crater Lake is only about 100m less that the highest point.
Lowest - who cares. unless you are into caving it's hardly accesible (and I don't know where it is)South Island
Northern - Puponga
Southern - Slope Point
Western - This one is a bit tricky as most of Fiordland is only for the serious foot traveller and the readily accessible parts are fairly inland. The westernmost piece of accessible coast is probably Milford Sound although you could also probably do a Dusky Sound trip that might let you ashore (i don't know)
Eastern - again complicated by the true points being in the Marlborough Sounds and not easily accessible but you could count the Lighthouse at the southern point of Cifford Bay.
Highest - well I'd like to do it one day but doesn't really fit the criteria I have set. Any high points that do fit the criteria are just so far below so many other peaks it isn't worth counting (or working out).