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Cape Foulwind is a prominent headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the West Coast
West Coast, New Zealand

The West Coast is one of the List of regions in New Zealand, located on the west coast of the South Island, and is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country....
 of 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....
's South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
, overlooking the Tasman Sea
Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres across. It extends 2800 km from north to south....
. It is located ten kilometres west of the town of Westport
Westport, New Zealand

Westport is a town in the West Coast, New Zealand region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the northern bank and at the mouth of the Buller River, close by the prominent headland of Cape Foulwind....
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Cape Foulwind Lighthouse
Cape Foulwind is a prominent headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the West Coast
West Coast, New Zealand

The West Coast is one of the List of regions in New Zealand, located on the west coast of the South Island, and is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country....
 of 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....
's South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
, overlooking the Tasman Sea
Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres across. It extends 2800 km from north to south....
. It is located ten kilometres west of the town of Westport
Westport, New Zealand

Westport is a town in the West Coast, New Zealand region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the northern bank and at the mouth of the Buller River, close by the prominent headland of Cape Foulwind....
. It was previously named Rocky Cape by Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman

Abel Janszoon Tasman , was a Netherlands sea explorer, exploration, and merchant.Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC ....
, the first European to visit it, in 1642. The present name was bestowed upon this promontory
Promontory

Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...
 by English explorer James Cook
James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
 in 1770 after his ship Endeavour
HM Bark Endeavour

His Majesty's Bark Endeavour was a 10-gun Royal Navy barque commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his First voyage of James Cook, to Australia and New Zealand in 1769-71....
 was blown quite a distance offshore from this point.

Tauranga Bay at Cape Foulwind is home to a fur seal
Fur seal

Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds in the Otariidae family. One species, the northern fur seal inhabits the North Pacific, while seven species in the Arctocephalus genus are found primarily in the Southern hemisphere....
 breeding colony, which is accessible by a well-maintained walking track .

Cape Foulwind reputedly hosts New Zealand's closest tavern/pub to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, the Star Tavern.