Goose Bay
Goose Bay is a small locality in New Zealand, located 15 kilometres southwest of Kaikōura. It is beside a bay that is also named Goose Bay. It was named in the mid-nineteenth century, either after geese that got away from a nearby whaling station or from a Kāinga that was ruined by Te Rauparaha.
- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “Goose Bay, New Zealand”
- Description: locality in Kaikoura District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
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Goose Bay
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Latitude
-42.47787° or 42° 28′ 40″ south
Longitude
173.52805° or 173° 31′ 41″ east
Open location code
4V9MGGCH+V6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Goose Bay” goes by many names.
Goose BayMaori
Гус-БейRussian
Goose BayTurkish
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