Hawke Bay

Hawke Bay, formerly named Hawke's Bay, is a large bay on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, surrounded by the Hawke's Bay region. It stretches from Māhia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui in the southwest, a distance of some 90 kilometres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westshore Beach and Hawke’s Bay Airport.

Westshore Beach

Beach

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Hawke’s Bay Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Hawke's Bay Airport, commonly referred to as Napier Airport, is Hawke's Bay's main commercial airport, serving domestic flights to the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and smaller centres such as Gisborne. Hawke’s Bay Airport is situated 4 km southwest of Hawke Bay.

Spriggs Park

Park

Photo: TheLoyalOrder, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spriggs Park is situated 3½ km south of Hawke Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westshore and Ahuriri.

Westshore

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Westshore is a northern coastal suburb of the city of Napier in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Westshore is situated 3½ km southwest of Hawke Bay.

Ahuriri

Suburb

Photo: TheLoyalOrder, CC BY 4.0.

Ahuriri is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. The area was a major site of Māori and European settlement, and the site of the Port of Napier until the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Ahuriri is situated 4 km south of Hawke Bay.

Bluff Hill

Suburb

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Napier Hill is a limestone outcrop and suburb rising above the lowland districts of the city of Napier on New Zealand's North Island. The north-east end, Bluff Hill, has a steep cliff face overlooking the Port of Napier. Bluff Hill is situated 4 km south of Hawke Bay.

Hawke Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.44824° or 39° 26′ 54″ south

Longitude

176.90022° or 176° 54′ 1″ east

Open location code

4VGRHW22+P3

GeoNames ID

6246522

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