Puysegur Point

Puysegur Point is a headland located in the far southwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies within Fiordland National Park on the southern head of Preservation Inlet and is 145 kilometres west-northwest of Invercargill.

The name 'Puysegur' was bestowed by Lieutenant Jules Dumont d'Urville or Midshipman Jules de Blosseville during a South Pacific expedition of La Coquille; probably in honour of the French naval officer Antoine-Hyacinthe-Anne de Chastenet de Puységur.

Puysegur Point has been said to be the windiest place in New Zealand, with gales recorded on an average of 48 days a year.A large earthquake in this region on 15 July 2009 pushed Puysegur Point closer to Australia by 30 centimetres. Humpback whales pass the point during annual migrations.