McKenzie Bay
McKenzie Bay is a bay in New Zealand. McKenzie Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Taurikura, as well as near Urquharts Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Manaia and Whangarei Heads School.
Mount Manaia
Peak
Photo: Follash, Public domain.
Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and the Hauraki Gulf to the south, Whangārei Harbour to the west and the Poor Knights Islands and Northland coast to the north.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taurikura and Urquharts Bay.
Taurikura
Hamlet
Photo: Follash, Public domain.
Taurikura is a small, rural township in the Whangarei District, approximately 30 kilometres south east of Whangārei city in Northland, New Zealand. The town is located on the shores of Calliope Bay at the base of 420-metre-high Mount Manaia which, along with Bream Head and the Hen Island, collectively form the ancient remnants of a very large andesitic volcano.
Whangārei Heads
Village
Whangārei Heads is a locality and volcanic promontory on the northern side of the Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is 29 km to the north-west, and Ocean Beach is 8 km to the south-east, with Taurikura between the two. Mount Manaia rises to 420 metres to the east.
McKenzie Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: Bay in the Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.83299° or 35° 49′ 59″ southLongitude
174.53011° or 174° 31′ 48″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
4VPP5G8J+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9684963203OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
“McKenzie Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McKenzie Bay”
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