Diving Mayor Island
This article is intended to provide the already qualified Scuba diver with information which will help to plan dives in the waters of Mayor Island, off the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, North Island of New Zealand, whether as a local resident or a visitor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: high island in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Mayor Island”, “Mayor Island (Tuhua)”, “Mayor Island / Tuhua”, “Mayor Island / Tūhua”, “Mayor Island/Tūhua”, “Tuhua”, and “Tūhua”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Te Paritu and Lake Aroarotamahine.
Lake Te Paritu
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lake Te Paritu, also known as Black Lake, is one of two small crater lakes on Mayor Island / Tuhua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is connected to the larger Lake Aroarotamahine or Green Lake by a wetland, but there is no surface outlet to the sea as both lakes are in a depression.
Lake Aroarotamahine
Lake
Lake Aroarotamahine, also known as Green Lake, is one of two small crater lakes on Mayor Island / Tūhua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Its outlet is a wetland leading to the smaller Lake Te Paritu or Black lake.
Diving Mayor Island
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Diving Mayor Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Slovak—“Diving Mayor Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեռ”
- Catalan: “Mayor Island”
- Cebuano: “Mayor Island”
- Chinese: “馬約爾島”
- Chinese: “马约尔岛”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مايور ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مايور”
- French: “Tuhua”
- German: “Mayor Island”
- German: “Mayor Island/Tūhua”
- German: “Tuhua”
- Italian: “Isola Mayor”
- Italian: “Mayor island”
- Italian: “Tūhua”
- Japanese: “トゥフア島”
- Japanese: “メーヤー島”
- Japanese: “メイヤー島”
- Malayalam: “മേയർ ദ്വീപ്/തുഹുവ”
- Maori: “Tuhua”
- Maori: “Tūhua”
- Russian: “Мэр”
- Slovak: “Mayor Island”
- Slovak: “Tuhua”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Island View and Pios Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Te Horo Point and Ruakikeno Point / Tauranga.
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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 Wikivoyage page “Diving Mayor Island”. Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.