Limestone Bay
Limestone Bay is a bay in Nelson, Nelson Bays. Limestone Bay is situated nearby to the locality Tarakohe, as well as near the village Pōhara.Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abel Tasman Monument and Pōhara Beach.
Abel Tasman Monument
Memorial
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abel Tasman Monument is a memorial to the first recorded contact between Europeans—led by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman—and Māori in New Zealand's Golden Bay on 18 and 19 December 1642.
Wainui Falls
Cliff
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Wainui Falls is a 20-metre waterfall in Wainui Bay, in the Tasman region of New Zealand. The waterfall is part of the Wainui River and cascades over granite bedrock into a deep pool at its base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarakohe and Pōhara.
Tarakohe
Locality
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarakohe, in older sources referred to as Terekohe, is a locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located east of Pōhara in Golden Bay.
Pōhara
Village
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pōhara is a rural locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island. The locality is northeast of Tākaka and southwest of Tata Beach. To the north is Limestone Bay, part of Golden Bay / Mohua The official spelling was changed from "Pohara" to "Pōhara" by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa on 5 November 2018.
Ligar Bay
Village
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Ligar Bay is a bay and small coastal settlement in Golden Bay / Mohua. It is located between Port Tarakohe and Tata Beach. It is approximately 12 kilometres north-east of Tākaka.
Limestone Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bight in New Zealand
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: Nelson, Nelson Bays, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.82547° or 40° 49′ 32″ southLongitude
172.89286° or 172° 53′ 34″ eastOpen location code
4VFJ5VFV+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5835340140OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6242402Wikidata ID
Q32245408
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Limestone Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Limestone Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Tarakohe Marina and Ratanui Lodge.
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