Awarua Point is located on the southwestern coast of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
's
South Island, at the northern end of
Big Bay, north of
Milford Sound
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. It has been judged the world's top t ...
, and north of the mouth of the
Hollyford River
The Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka is in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It runs for through Fiordland, its sources being close to the Homer Tunnel and in Gertrude Valley in the southern Darran Mountains.
At first, t ...
.
Traditionally, Awarua Point is regarded as the end of
Fiordland
Fiordland is a geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the westernmost third of Southland. Most of Fiordland is dominated by the steep sides of the snow-capped Southern Alps, deep lake ...
and the start of the
West Coast region, although the boundary of
Fiordland National Park is located farther south at the northern end of Martins Bay.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "two streams" for ''Awarua''.
See also
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Awarua Plains
References
Headlands of the West Coast, New Zealand
Westland District
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