| Sinclair Head / Te Rimurapa | |
| Type: | Headland |
| Map: | New Zealand Wellington |
| Map Width: | 260px |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Wellington South coast |
| Coordinates: | -41.3625°N 174.7167°W |
Sinclair Head / Te Rimurapa is a major promontory on the south coast of New Zealand's North Island. It lies 14km (09miles) to the west of the entrance to Wellington Harbour, and a similar distance to the east of Cape Terawhiti.
The headland is named for Sir George Sinclair, a director of the New Zealand Company. The Māori name literally means "the search for seaweed".[1]
Sinclair Head is home to a non-breeding colony of New Zealand fur seals, with resident seal numbers ranging from over 300 in winter to about 50 in summer when only the non-breeding males stay behind.[2] The seal haul-out is also known as the Red Rocks seal colony, named after an area of red coloured rocks immediately east of the headland.[3]