West Cape
West Cape is the westernmost point in the main chain of islands of New Zealand. It is located in the far southwest of the South Island, within Fiordland National Park, between Dusky Sound and Chalky Inlet.
West Cape is one of the 4 New Zealand Cardinal Capes named by James Cook, Commander of the Endeavour in the 1769-70 voyage. The other Cardinal Capes being named at the time North Cape, Cape East & Cape South.
West Cape is on a rocky shore and low forest-covered sloping land, just North of the Newton River Mouth.
