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.

Whangarei Heads School

School

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Lion

Peak

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Mount Lion is a peak.

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.

Urquharts Bay

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Urquharts Bay is a hamlet.

Whangārei Heads

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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″ south

Longitude

174.53011° or 174° 31′ 48″ east

Elevation

39 metres (128 feet)

Open location code

4VPP5G8J+R2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9684963203

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2208130

Wikidata ID

Q32275619

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“McKenzie Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “McKenzie Bay”

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