Shakespeare Bay
Shakespeare Bay is a bay in Marlborough, South Island. Shakespeare Bay is situated nearby to the village Ngākuta Bay, as well as near the quarter Waikawa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Picton Railway Station and Picton Library and Service Centre.
Picton Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Picton Railway Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Shakespeare Bay.
Picton Library and Service Centre
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Picton Library and Service Centre is situated 3 km southeast of Shakespeare Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ngākuta Bay and Picton.
Ngākuta Bay
Village
Ngākuta Bay is a settlement and bay in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. The bay is part of Grove Arm in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui. Picton is about 11 km to the southeast via Queen Charlotte Drive.
Picton
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picton is a small but important town in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, linking the South Island road and rail network with ferries that cross Cook Strait to and from Wellington in the North Island.
Waikawa
Quarter
Photo: Sid Mosdell, CC BY 2.0.
Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa. Waikawa is situated 3½ km east of Shakespeare Bay.
Shakespeare Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.26827° or 41° 16′ 6″ southLongitude
173.99018° or 173° 59′ 25″ eastElevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
4VCMPXJR+M3GeoNames ID
6243661
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