West Head is the name of three separate headlands on New Zealand's South Island.
- 43°40′38″S 173°04′20″E / 43.6773°S 173.0722°E / -43.6773; 173.0722, at the entrance to Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula.
- 41°13′02″S 174°08′37″E / 41.2172°S 174.1437°E / -41.2172; 174.1437, at the end of a peninsula on the northern shore of Queen Charlotte Sound.
- 41°12′57″S 174°18′55″E / 41.2158°S 174.3154°E / -41.2158; 174.3154, a rocky headland at the entrance to Tory Channel.
The third of these is the easternmost point of the South Island, and should not be confused with West Cape, the westernmost point of the South Island. West Head marks the western side of the entrance to Tory Channel, and the corresponding East Head is located on Arapawa Island.
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Famous quotes containing the words west and/or head:
“I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one’s head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)