McLeod Bay

McLeod Bay is a hamlet in Northland, North Island. McLeod Bay is situated nearby to the village Whangārei Heads, as well as near the locality Reotahi Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Manaia and Mount Aubrey.

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.

Mount Aubrey

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Aubrey is a peak.

Whangarei Heads School

School

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whangārei Heads and Taurikura.

Whangārei Heads

Village

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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.

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.

Marsden Point

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Marsden Point is a broad, flat peninsula that is the southern head of the Whangārei Harbour entrance on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand, 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Whangārei. Marsden Point is situated 4 km southwest of McLeod Bay.

McLeod Bay

Type: Hamlet
Description: locality in Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Category: locality
Location: Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.80911° or 35° 48′ 33″ south

Longitude

174.50448° or 174° 30′ 16″ east

Elevation

30 metres (98 feet)

Open location code

4VPP5GR3+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7777152814

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

6231000

Wikidata ID

Q65431402

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“McLeod Bay” goes by many names.

Maori: “McLeod Bay”
Turkish: “McLeod Bay”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whangarei Heads Fire Station and McLeod Bay Hall.

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