Onetangi
Onetangi is a settlement on the north coast of Waiheke Island in New Zealand. It has a long white-sand beach fronting onto Onetangi Bay. The name means "Weeping Sands" in the Māori language, and comes from a battle at Putiki o Kahu pā in 1821 during the Musket Wars.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: locality in Auckland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Onetangi Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waiheke Island and Waiheke Reeve Airport.
Waiheke Island
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Waiheke Island is in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, just off the North Island of New Zealand. It is 35 minutes by ferry from Auckland and is a popular destination for day trips and longer visits.
Waiheke Reeve Airport
Aerodrome
Waiheke Island Aerodrome is a private airport on Waiheke Island, 17 nautical miles northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. Waiheke Reeve Airport is situated 4 km south of Onetangi.
Pukeatua Reserve
Park
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Pukeatua Reserve is a park, which is situated 3 km south of Onetangi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palm Beach and Ostend.
Palm Beach
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Palm Beach is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand. The eponymous beach is named for phoenix palms at the eastern end, and has safe swimming and white sand. Palm Beach is situated 3½ km west of Onetangi.
Ostend
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Ostend is a settlement on Waiheke Island, in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf within the Auckland Region. Ostend is located in the west of the island, on and around a small peninsula which juts into Putiki Bay, one of two large indentations in the island's southwest coast. Ostend is situated 4 km southwest of Onetangi.
Onetangi
- Categories: locality and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Onetangi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奥尼汤吉”
- French: “Onetangi”
- Japanese: “オネタンギ”
- Turkish: “Onetangi”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Onetangi”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.