Cape Jackson, New Zealand

Cape Jackson is a peninsula in the Marlborough region in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies between the Queen Charlotte Sound and the Bay Port Gore on the Cook Strait.

On Cape Jackson earlier gold was mined, sheep operated and grown in recent times, the trees for the purpose of CO2 sequestration.

Cape Jackson is privately owned and operated as a private nature park Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park, it is accessible by arrangement with the owners.

Efforts are being made, the local bush that once covered the peninsula 6 km2 to regenerate.

The nearest town is Titiranga.

Source

• New Zealand Travel Atlas, Maps Wise Auckland. ISBN 0-908794-47-9