East Cape

British  

noun

1. the easternmost point of New Guinea, on Milne Bay

2. the easternmost point of New Zealand, on North Island

3. the former name for Cape Dezhnev

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Example Sentences

The team also examined 21 years of seafloor light estimates derived from satellite data along New Zealand's East Cape.

From Science Daily

The researchers identified between 25 and 80 darkwave events along the East Cape since 2002.

From Science Daily

An environmental activist, researcher, and writer, Ngata lives in the remote East Cape of Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

From National Geographic

“The East Cape is a profoundly beautiful place to live, she says. “It has a dramatic, steep, rugged coastline, beautiful beaches, rich ancestral forests, trees that are hundreds of years old; we’re the first place in the world to see the sunrise each morning.”

From National Geographic

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