Mercury Bay

Mercury Bay is a large V-shaped bay on the eastern coast of the in the North Island of . It was named by the English navigator Captain James Cook during his exploratory expeditions.
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  • Bay
  • …is also known as “Te Whanganui-a-Hei / Mercury Bay”
  • Description: bay in New Zealand

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitianga and Cooks Beach.
Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a seaside town in the middle of Mercury…
Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Village
is a town on a three-kilometre white-sand…
Borvan53, Public domain.
is a seaside town in Mercury Bay on the east…

Mercury Bay

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Latitude
-36.81586° or 36° 48′ 57″ south
Longitude
175.72261° or 175° 43′ 21″ east
Open location code
4VMQ5PMF+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6991434175
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6234902
Wiki­data ID
Q838737

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Mercury Bay” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mercury badia”
  • Cebuano: “Mercury Bay”
  • Chinese: “水星灣”
  • Dutch: “Mercury Bay”
  • German: “Mercury Bay”
  • Maori: “Te Whanga-nui-o-Hei”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mercury Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mercury Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Mercury Bay”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ferry Landing and Wharekaho.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wharetāewa and Mercury Bay View Point.

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