Venus Bay
Venus Bay is located on Perseverance Harbour on New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island. It was named for an 1874 French astronomical expedition to view the Transit of Venus, which set up camp at the site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Honey and Mount Dumas.
Mount Honey
Peak
Photo: battleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Honey is the highest point on Campbell Island, the southernmost of New Zealand's subantarctic outlying islands. It is located to the south of Perseverance Harbour, a long lateral fissure which reaches the ocean in the island's southeast, and rises to a height of 558 metres.
Mount Dumas
Peak
Mount Dumas is a mountain on Campbell Island, the main island of the Campbell Island group of subantarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. Campbell Island is an ancient volcano, with steep coastal cliffs that expose some of the lava flows.
Venus Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on the coast of Campbell Island, New Zealand
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-52.56027° or 52° 33′ 37″ southLongitude
169.14139° or 169° 8′ 29″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
3VVFC4QR+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2127262428OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
“Venus Bay” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Bahía Venus”
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Highlights include Depot Peak and Oven of abandoned Farmstead (1900-1930s).
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