Passage Reef

Passage Reef is a reef in New Zealand. Passage Reef is situated nearby to the locality Martins Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pumphouse ruins and Mansion House.

Pumphouse ruins

The Pumphouse ruins on Kawau Island, New Zealand, belong to the copper mine established in 1844. The mine had ongoing problems, including legal, mismanagement, and flooding.

Mansion House

Museum

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Mansion House on Kawau Island, New Zealand, is a house that was owned by Sir George Grey from 1862 to 1888. Built in 1845 as the house for the manager of a copper mine on the island, it was extended significantly by Grey during his ownership. Mansion House is situated 3 km north of Passage Reef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Algies Bay and Scotts Landing.

Algies Bay

Village

Photo: Gadfium, CC0.

Algies Bay is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula about 68 kilometres north of the city centre. Highfield Garden Reserve is a 10 acre reserve of public land along Mahurangi East Road. Algies Bay is situated 8 km west of Passage Reef.

Scotts Landing

Hamlet

Photo: Gadfium, CC0.

Scotts Landing, also called Mahurangi East, is a rural settlement in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is at the end of a narrow peninsula on the eastern side of Mahurangi Harbour. Algies Bay is to the north. Scotts Landing is situated 9 km west of Passage Reef.

Snells Beach

Town

Snells Beach is a small coastal town in the north of Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the eastern coast of the Mahurangi Peninsula and its namesake beach faces east across Kawau Bay to Kawau Island. Snells Beach is situated 10 km northwest of Passage Reef.

Passage Reef

Type: Rock
Description: reef in New Zealand
Categories: reef and landform
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.45861° or 36° 27′ 31″ south

Longitude

174.82112° or 174° 49′ 16″ east

Open location code

4VMPGRRC+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 351286408

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bare_rock

GeoNames ID

2207683

Wikidata ID

Q34748154

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In Other Languages

“Passage Reef” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Passage Reef”

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