Cape Fournier
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Cape Fournier | |
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 Cape Fournier | |
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| Coordinates: 44°02′56″S 176°19′52″W / 44.049°S 176.331°W | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territorial authority | Chatham Islands |
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Time zone | Chatham Standard Time Zone |
Cape Fournier (Moriori: Tupourangi)[1] is a headland on Chatham Island, in New Zealand's Chatham Islands group, with cliffs rising to about 100 m (330 ft).[2] It is the south-easternmost point in the island, to the south of Ōwenga,[3] and is the closest point on the island to the second largest of the Chatham Islands, Pitt Island, which lies just over 20 km (12 mi) to the south-southeast, across Pitt Strait.[4]
The Cape is formed of basalt of the late Cretaceous Southern Volcanics, erupted about 80 million years ago.[5] There is a Chatham Island shag colony on the Cape.[6] Flora includes Chatham Islands groundsel (Senecio radiolatus), giant sowthistle (Embergeria grandifolia) and keketerehe (Macrolearia chathamica).[7]
