Ōrākei Basin
Ōrākei Basin is a tidal basin and one of the extinct volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an explosion crater around 700 m wide, with a surrounding tuff ring.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lagoon
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Orakei” and “Orakei Basin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meadowbank railway station and Ōrākei railway station.
Meadowbank railway station
Railway station
Photo: Akld guy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meadowbank railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. Eastern Line services of the Auckland railway network are the only services that regularly stop at the station.
Ōrākei railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pcuser42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōrākei railway station in the Auckland suburb of Remuera is located on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand. Eastern Line services of the Auckland railway network are the only services that regularly stop at the station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meadowbank and Ōrākei.
Meadowbank
Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Meadowbank is a central suburb of Auckland city, situated in the North Island of New Zealand. Meadowbank is governed under the local governance of the Ōrākei Local Board and Auckland Council.
Ōrākei
Suburb
Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ōrākei is a suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the shore of the Waitematā Harbour, which lies to the north, and Hobson Bay and Ōrākei Basin, two arms of the Waitematā, which lie to the west and south.
Remuera
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remuera is an affluent suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located four kilometres southeast of the city centre. Remuera is characterised by many large houses, often Edwardian or mid 20th century.
Ōrākei Basin
- Categories: geographical feature, body of water, and volcano
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.867° or 36° 52′ 1″ southLongitude
174.8137° or 174° 48′ 49″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
4VMP4RM7+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 615657613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lagoonGeoNames ID
6231886Wikidata ID
Q7099345
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ōrākei Basin”. Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.