New Zealand
North Island
Auckland Region

Mercury Bay

Mercury Bay is a large V-shaped bay on the eastern coast of the on the North Island of . It was named by the English navigator Captain James Cook during his exploratory expeditions.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitianga and Cooks Beach.

Photo: Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a seaside town in the middle of Mercury Bay on the east side of the in northern . It has a deep water harbour from which cruising boats depart for trips around the scenic Mercury Bay coves and cliffs to Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve and its abundant sea-life.

Village
is a town on a three-kilometre white-sand beach on the of New Zealand. To its north is Cooks Bay, and beyond that is Mercury Bay.

Photo: Borvan53, Public domain.
is a seaside town in Mercury Bay on the east side of the in northern . Cruising boats depart for trips to Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve and its abundant sea-life.

Mercury Bay

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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Satellite Map

Discover Mercury Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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

Discover other places named “Mercury Bay”.

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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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 “Mercury Bay”. Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, No restrictions.