Perpendicular Point

Perpendicular Point
Perpendicular Point is located in New Zealand
Perpendicular Point
Perpendicular Point
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Location of Perpendicular Point
Charles Heaphy made this sketch of Thomas Brunner ascending Te Miko Cliff in 1846 with his Scotch terrier Rover being raised by a flax rope

Perpendicular Point is a small headland on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the Tasman Sea. It lies about 40 km south-south-west of Cape Foulwind, close to the small community of Te Miko. Perpendicular Point was known as Te Miko to Māori. A notorious obstacle to coastal travel, the cliffs had ladders built from rātā vine and harakeke, later replaced by chains and rungs, until a reliable inland road was built in the 1860s.