Hawke Bay

Hawke Bay, formerly named Hawke's Bay, is a large bay on the east coast of the of New Zealand, surrounded by the region. It stretches from in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui in the southwest, a distance of some 90 kilometres.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Hawke’s Bay” and “Hawkes‘ Bay

Hawke Bay

Latitude
-39.33333° or 39° 20′ south
Longitude
177.5° or 177° 30′ east
Open location code
4VGVMG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
2190148
Wiki­data ID
Q673264
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In Other Languages

From Balinese to Venetian—“Hawke Bay” goes by many names.
  • Balinese: Celuk Hawke
  • Catalan: Hawke Bay
  • Cebuano: Hawke Bay
  • Chinese: 霍克湾
  • Czech: Hawke
  • Czech: záliv Hawke
  • Dutch: Hawke Bay
  • Estonian: Hawke’i laht
  • French: Hawke Bay
  • German: Hawke Bay
  • Hindi: हाकॅ खाडी
  • Hindi: हॉक खाड़ी
  • Italian: Baia di Hawke
  • Japanese: ホーク湾
  • Kannada: ಹಾಕ್ ಬೇ
  • Lithuanian: Hoko įlanka
  • Malay: Teluk Hawke
  • Maori: Te Matau-a-Māui
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hawke Bay
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hawke Bay
  • Portuguese: Baía de Hawke
  • Russian: Хок
  • Sanskrit: हाकॅ खाडी
  • Slovenian: Hawke Bay
  • Slovenian: Hawkejev zaliv
  • Ukrainian: Гок-Бей
  • Venetian: Baja de Hawke

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