East Cape is a headland at the north-eastern point of the Gisborne District of New Zealand.
East Cape may also refer to: Gisborne District, or the large part of it north of the Poverty Bay area East Cape (New Zealand electorate), 1978–1993 East Cape (Cabo del Este), Baja California, Mexico East Cape, a volcano on Buldir Island, Alaska, US East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, US Cape Dezhnev, Russia, formerly known as East Cape Eastern Cape Province in South Africa