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    • Hooroo
      Hooroo last edited by Hooroo

      Have a stab at these without referencing the interanswerer

      I wanted to know the furthest inland point in NZ in terms of K's from the sea and it piqued my interest on a few other things.

      How far inland can you be from the sea in NZ?
      What Town is closest to that point ? Boom Snowy with Cromwell

      Lowests point in NZ (We all know highest)

      Northernmost point
      Southernmost point
      Westernmost point
      Easternmost point

      I will update with answers as I receive them.

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      • Snowy
        Snowy last edited by

        Don't know how far in KMs but it must be somewhere in central Otago. Alex, Clyde, Cromwell. Somewhere there.

        All of the others (N,E,S,W) will be remote NZ islands.

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        • Smudge
          Smudge last edited by

          Furthest inland is about 90km and it's near Cromwell, I believe.

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          • jegga
            jegga @Hooroo last edited by

            @Hooroo two main islands only?

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            • Hooroo
              Hooroo last edited by

              More than 90 k's Smudge. I will accept upto within 5 k's 🙂 But snowy gets first points for Cromwell

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              • Hooroo
                Hooroo @jegga last edited by

                @jegga said in NZ Trivia:

                @Hooroo two main islands only?

                Negative!

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                • Smudge
                  Smudge @Hooroo last edited by

                  @Hooroo said in NZ Trivia:

                  More than 90 k's Smudge. I will accept upto within 5 k's 🙂 But snowy gets first points for Cromwell

                  Ah, so you accept three answers then. Good to know.

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                  • taniwharugby
                    taniwharugby last edited by

                    Auckland Islands in the South, and Three Kings in the North?

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                    • Snowy
                      Snowy @Smudge last edited by

                      @Smudge I reckon the actual location will be somewhere in the middle of the 3 towns. So how big does the town have to be?

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                      • Bovidae
                        Bovidae last edited by

                        In theory the Ross Dependency should be NZ's southern most point but isn't recognised as a territory by other nations.

                        The Eastern-most point will be some rock off The Chathams. 😃

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                        • Snowy
                          Snowy @Bovidae last edited by

                          @Bovidae Yep. Sounds correct for eastern.

                          @taniwharugby Yep. Aucklands for south would be right. Kermadecs for north? Further up than 3 Kings I think.

                          No idea about west. Nobody wants to go that way anyway - I'll go with Bondi.

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                          • Bovidae
                            Bovidae last edited by

                            I think the Campbell Islands are further south than the Auckland Islands. But which island?

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                            • Snowy
                              Snowy @Bovidae last edited by

                              @Bovidae Hmmm. You're right. Campbells will be further south. I can only think of 2 names (one is Campbell) and the other one is something French (or French sounding). A bird sanctuary? Pest eradication? It's been on some wild life TV show.

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                              • jegga
                                jegga last edited by

                                Chatham Islands the furthest eastern point?

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                                • canefan
                                  canefan last edited by

                                  Jeez, are any ferners working today?

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                                  • Snowy
                                    Snowy @canefan last edited by

                                    @canefan I try not to. It gets in the way of pub quizzes.

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                                    • Snowy
                                      Snowy @jegga last edited by

                                      @jegga Must be. Not much out there after that in NZ territory. Don't know the name of the particular island / rock though.

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                                      • taniwharugby
                                        taniwharugby @Snowy last edited by

                                        @Snowy right you are, they are way north of 3 Kings

                                        Western Most city would be Perth wouldnt it....

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                                        • Snowy
                                          Snowy @taniwharugby last edited by

                                          @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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                                          • taniwharugby
                                            taniwharugby @Snowy last edited by taniwharugby

                                            @Snowy well for anyone else who was curious (and hasnt already checked)...turns out we had a correct answer for the wrong question....

                                            List of extreme points of New Zealand - Wikipedia
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                                            • Snowy
                                              Snowy last edited by

                                              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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                                              • booboo
                                                booboo last edited by

                                                South Islanders ...

                                                Easternmost point — West Head

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                                                • Crucial
                                                  Crucial last edited by

                                                  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).

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