Wellington Harbour
Wellington Harbour, officially called Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson, is a large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: harbour of Wellington, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Port Nicholson”, “Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson)”, and “Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kau Point Battery and Massey Memorial.
Kau Point Battery
Fort
Kau Point Battery is a 19th-century coast defence battery constructed in Wellington, New Zealand in the 1890s. It is located on the east side of Point Halswell in Wellington, New Zealand, approximately midway between the Massey Memorial and Fort Ballance, close to the site of the ancient Māori settlement of Kau-whakaara-waru.
Massey Memorial
Memorial
Photo: alana’s, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Massey Memorial is the mausoleum of New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey, at Point Halswell on the Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, New Zealand.
Fort Ballance
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Ballance is a former coastal artillery battery on Point Gordon on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. Built in 1885 following fears of an impending war with Russia, Fort Ballance is one of the best preserved of a string of nineteenth century coastal fortifications constructed to protect New Zealand from naval attack.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karaka Bays and Maupuia.
Karaka Bays
Suburb
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karaka Bays is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies on the northeast coast of the Miramar Peninsula, 6 km east-south-east of the city centre, and has an expansive view of Wellington Harbour.
Maupuia
Suburb
Maupuia on the Miramar Peninsula is an eastern suburb of Wellington to the north-west of Miramar. Developed in the 1970s, it is in the Eastern Ward. Maupuia had a usually resident population of 1,584 at the 2018 New Zealand census, similar to census figures from 2013 and 2006.
Roseneath
Suburb
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roseneath is an affluent suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath Peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde, and has no association with roses. Roseneath is situated 3 km southwest of Wellington Harbour.
Wellington Harbour
- Categories: harbor and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Wellington Harbour from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Wellington Harbour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wellington Harbour (luuk sa New Zealand)”
- Cebuano: “Wellington Harbour”
- Dutch: “Wellington Harbour”
- French: “Port de Wellington”
- French: “Port Nicholson”
- French: “Wellington Harbour”
- German: “Wellington Harbour”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン湾”
- Maori: “Te Whanganui-a-Tara”
- Polish: “Port morski Wellington”
- Russian: “Веллингтон (гавань)”
- Russian: “Веллингтон”
- Slovenian: “Luka Wellington”
- Slovenian: “Pristanišče Wellington”
- Slovenian: “Wellington Harbour”
- Slovenian: “wellingtonska luka”
- Slovenian: “wellingtonsko pristanišče”
- Ukrainian: “Веллінгтон”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Wellington Harbour”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Oriental Bay and Hataitai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kau Bay and Point Halswell.
New Zealand: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Christchurch.
Curious Bays to Discover
Uncover intriguing bays from every corner of the globe.
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 “Wellington Harbour”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.