Evans Bay
Evans Bay is a large bay at the southern end of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Located between the Miramar Peninsula and Hataitai, it was the site of New Zealand's first patent slip and served as Wellington's international flying-boat terminal from 1938 until 1956.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include David Farrington Park and Embassy of Iran in New Zealand.
David Farrington Park
Recreation area
Photo: NZ Footballs Conscience, CC BY-SA 4.0.
David Farrington Park, previously known as Centennial Park, is a football ground in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of both Team Wellington and Miramar Rangers AFC.
Embassy of Iran in New Zealand
Government office
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Embassy of Iran in New Zealand is a government office.
Fort Ballance
Castle
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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 Maupuia and Karaka Bays.
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.
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.
Roseneath
Suburb
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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.
Evans Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Wellington, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Evans Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Evans Bay”
- Chinese: “埃文斯湾”
- French: “Evans Bay”
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