Curio Bay

Curio Bay is a coastal embayment in the of , best known as the site of a petrified forest some 180 million years old. It also hosts a yellow-eyed penguin colony, arguably the rarest of penguin species, with approximately 1600 breeding pairs in the extant population.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waikawa.

Hamlet
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Curio Bay

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Latitude
-46.66365° or 46° 39′ 49″ south
Longitude
169.10102° or 169° 6′ 4″ east
Open location code
4V5F84P2+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 268755963
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6208754
Wiki­data ID
Q2667315

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Curio Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Curio Bay”
  • Chinese: “库里欧湾”
  • Dutch: “Curio Bay”
  • Esperanto: “Curio Bay”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo Kurio”
  • French: “baie de Curio”
  • French: “Baie de Curio”
  • German: “Curio Bay”
  • Japanese: “クリオ湾”
  • Polish: “Curio”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Curio”
  • Portuguese: “Baía Curio”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Curio”
  • Portuguese: “Curio Bay”
  • Russian: “Курио”
  • Spanish: “Bahia Curio”
  • Spanish: “Bahía Curio”
  • Turkish: “Curio Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Затока Куріо”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Penguin Viewpoint and Curio Bay Christian Community Centre.

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