Baring Head
Ōrua-pouanui (Māori) | |
|---|---|
 Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui from the North | |
  Baring Head | |
| Coordinates: 41°25′00″S 174°52′00″E / 41.416667°S 174.866667°E | |
| Location | Wellington Region, New Zealand |
| Part of | North Island |
| Offshore water bodies | Cook Strait |
| Native name | Ōrua-pouanui (Māori) |
Baring Head (Māori: Ōrua-pouanui, officially gazetted as Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui) is a headland, located between Wellington Harbour and Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. It marks the southern end of Fitzroy Bay.[1]
The Baring Head Lighthouse, built in 1935, was the first light in New Zealand to start operating immediately on electricity.[2]
The Baring Head Atmospheric Research Station, administered by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, provides the longest continuous record of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the Southern Hemisphere.[3]
The headland is administered by Wellington Regional Council as part of East Harbour Regional Park.[4]
- ^ Bradley, Barry (1999). New Zealand Atlas. Auckland, NZ: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028914-3.
- ^ "Baring Head". maritimenz.govt.nz. Maritime New Zealand.
- ^ "Baring Head Atmospheric Research Station". niwa.co.nz. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
- ^ "Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui". gw.govt.nz. Wellington Regional Council.