Big Lagoon
Big Lagoon, sometimes known as Te Whanganui is a lagoon beside Cloudy Bay in Marlborough, New Zealand. It outflows into the Pacific Ocean. It is approximately 800 hectares and is part of the Wairau Lagoon, which is connected to Upper Lagoon and Chandlers Lagoon.- Type: Bay
- Description: lake in Marlborough, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Te Whanganui” and “Te Whanganui / Big Lagoon”
Big Lagoon
- Categories: lagoon and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.54575° or 41° 32′ 45″ south
Longitude
174.10294° or 174° 6′ 11″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4VCPF433+M5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Big Lagoon” goes by many names.
- German: “Big Lagoon (Marlborough)”
- German: “Big Lagoon”
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