East Cape
Britishnoun
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the easternmost point of New Guinea, on Milne Bay
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the easternmost point of New Zealand, on North Island
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the former name for Cape Dezhnev
Example Sentences
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The team also examined 21 years of seafloor light estimates derived from satellite data along New Zealand's East Cape.
From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2026
Much of New Zealand's North Island, including Tairawhiti, also known as East Cape, has experienced heavy rain, big seas and high winds as ex-tropical cyclone Hale has passed over the country.
From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023
Waititi grew up splitting time between Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, and the East Cape of the North Island, the setting of “Boy.”
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2017
BST22:25 Over in New Zealand, the minister for civil defence, Nikki Kaye, has issued this advice for residents in East Cape, Chatham Islands, Coromandel and Banks Peninsula.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2015
As soon as we came out of the ice south of the East Cape, we noticed the heavy swell of the Pacific Ocean.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
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