Hauraki Gulf

The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2, and lies between, in anticlockwise order, the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula, and Great Barrier Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waiake Beach Reserve and Ōmangaia Pā.

Waiake Beach Reserve

Park

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Waiake Beach Reserve is a park, which is situated 4 km west of Hauraki Gulf.

Ōmangaia Pā

Archaeological site

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Ōmangaia Pā is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km west of Hauraki Gulf.

Waiake Beach

Beach

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Waiake Beach is situated 4 km west of Hauraki Gulf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rothesay Bay and Browns Bay.

Rothesay Bay is a small suburb in Auckland's East Coast Bays region. The suburb is roughly the same size as Murrays Bay, the suburb to the immediate south. Rothesay Bay is situated 4 km west of Hauraki Gulf.

Browns Bay

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Browns Bay is one of the most northernmost suburbs in the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area, located in the North Shore. Named after the Brown family who settled here in 1876, Browns Bay became a holiday destination in the late 19th century.

Murrays Bay

Suburb

Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.

Murrays Bay is a small suburb in the East Coast Bays region, located in the North Shore of Auckland. The suburb is roughly the same size as Rothesay Bay, the suburb to the immediate north. Murrays Bay is situated 4½ km southwest of Hauraki Gulf.

Hauraki Gulf

Type: Gulf
Category: body of water
Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.71412° or 36° 42′ 51″ south

Longitude

174.79445° or 174° 47′ 40″ east

Open location code

4VMP7QPV+9Q

GeoNames ID

9485441

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