Gable End Foreland
Place in Gisborne Region, New Zealand
38°31′39″S 178°17′33″E / 38.52750°S 178.29250°E / -38.52750; 178.29250Gable End Foreland is a prominent headland on the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 30 kilometres northeast of Tuaheni Point and 20 kilometres south of Tolaga Bay.
The headland was named by Captain James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. The name reflects the similarity of the weathered cliff to a house gable.
An automated navigation light is situated on the foreland at an elevation of 210 metres.[1]
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- ^ list of NZ lighthouses
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Gisborne District
Seat: Gisborne Central
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- East Cape
- Whangaokeno / East Island
- Gable End Foreland
- Huiarau Range
- Motuoroi Island
- Mount Arowhana
- Mount Hikurangi
- Maungahaumi
- Mount Raukūmara
- Pourewa Island
- Raukūmara Range
- Titirangi Hill
- Tuaheni Point
- Young Nick's Head
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