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Cape Brett is a promontory
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the northern North Island
North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
 coast in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. Located at the end of the 15 kilometre-long Cape Brett Peninsula, the head extends north into the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 at the eastern end of the Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands

The Bay of Islands is an area in the Northland , New Zealand of the North Island of New Zealand. Located 60 km north-west of Whangarei, it is close to the northern tip of the country....
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A lighthouse stands at the end of the peninsula, which rises to some 360 metres at its northern end.






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Cape Brett is a promontory
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the northern North Island
North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
 coast in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. Located at the end of the 15 kilometre-long Cape Brett Peninsula, the head extends north into the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 at the eastern end of the Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands

The Bay of Islands is an area in the Northland , New Zealand of the North Island of New Zealand. Located 60 km north-west of Whangarei, it is close to the northern tip of the country....
.

A lighthouse stands at the end of the peninsula, which rises to some 360 metres at its northern end. A noted landmark, the natural arch ('Hole in the Rock') of Piercy Island
Piercy Island

Piercy Island, often known simply as "The Hole In The Rock?, is located off the north coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is at the very northern tip of Cape Brett in the Bay of Islands....
, lies two kilometres off the cape.

A predator proof fence has been erected across the peninsula to exclude the brushtail possum
Common Brushtail Possum

The Common Brushtail Possum is the largest possum, and the Australian marsupial most often seen by city-dwellers, since it is one of the very few that thrives in cities as well as a wide range of natural and human-modified environments....
, an introduced animal pest, which feeds on the pohutukawa
Pohutukawa

The Pohutukawa is a coastal evergreen tree of the myrtle family that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens. The Pohutukawa is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand....
 tree to such an extent that the tree can eventually die.