Surville Cliffs

The Surville Cliffs are the northernmost point of the two main islands of New Zealand. They are located at North Cape at the end of Aupouri Peninsula, 30 km east and 3 km north of Cape Reinga ( which is often erroneously referred to as the northernmost point of New Zealand ) at the eastern end of the North Cape.

The cliffs were sometimes referred to as Kerr Point, but these are near the west end of the North Cape.

The cliffs were first discovered for the Europeans in December 1796 by Jean -François -Marie de Surville when he started off with his ship St Jean Baptiste New Zealand in order to care for his sick crew can. A few days later she was sighted by James Cook, who was traveling in these waters at the same time.

Flora

The cliffs include 1,2 km ² converted into serpentine peridotite - Mafit Rock. This unique environment is home to several endemic species in this area:

  • Pittosporum ellipticum subsp. serpentinum
  • Lifting brevifolia
  • Lifting ligustrifolia
  • Helichrysum aggregatum
  • Leucopogon parviflorus (Coast Beard -heath )
  • Pimelea tomentosa (sand Daphne )
  • Phyllocladus trichomanoides ( Tanekaha )
  • Pseudopanax lessonii (Coastal Five Finger )
  • Uncinia perplexa ( Surville Cliffs Bastard Grass)

Swell

- 34.396388888889173.01666666667Koordinaten: 34 ° 23 ' 47 " S, 173 ° 1' 0" E

  • Geography ( Northland, New Zealand)
  • Cape ( New Zealand)
  • Cape ( Australia and Oceania)
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