Wairau Bar
The Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi, is a 19-hectare gravel bar formed where the Wairau River meets the sea in Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, north-eastern South Island, New Zealand.
- Archaeological site
- …is also known as “Wairau Bar / Te Pokohiwi o Kupe”
- Description: gravel bar formed where the Wairau River meets the sea in Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverlands and Riversdale.
Riverlands
Riverlands is a locality in Marlborough, New Zealand.
7 km west of Wairau Bar
Riversdale
Riversdale is a suburb of Blenheim, in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand.
8 km west of Wairau Bar
Wairau Bar
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Latitude
-41.50935° or 41° 30′ 34″ south
Longitude
174.06383° or 174° 3′ 50″ east
Open location code
4VCPF3R7+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Slovenian—“Wairau Bar” goes by many names.
Wairau BarAfrikaans
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