Oriental Bay
Oriental Bay is a bay and suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Known for being both a popular beach and an opulent centre of affluence in the city, it is located close to the central business district on Wellington Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brett Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of New Zealand and Carter Fountain.
Museum of New Zealand
Museum
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery.
Carter Fountain
Fountain
Photo: DB Thats-Me, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carter Fountain is a distinctive feature 150 metres out in Wellington Harbour from Oriental Bay. Installed in 1973, it was named in memory of the parents of its donor Hugh Carter, who drowned only days after the fountain's inauguration.
St Gerard’s Church and Monastery
Monastery
St Gerard's Church and Monastery collectively form one of Wellington's most distinctive and iconic landmarks. Located on Mount Victoria in Wellington, both buildings are classified as Category 1 Historic Places by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roseneath and Mount Victoria.
Roseneath
Suburb
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roseneath is an affluent suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath Peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde, and has no association with roses.
Mount Victoria
Suburb
Photo: Jack Magnus McDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Victoria is a suburb of central Wellington, New Zealand, named after the 196 metres hill Mount Victoria to the east. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes.
Te Aro
Suburb
Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.
Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.
Oriental Bay
- Type: Suburb with 1,480 residents
- Description: suburb of Wellington, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.29184° or 41° 17′ 31″ southLongitude
174.79392° or 174° 47′ 38″ eastPopulation
1,480Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Named after
Oriental BayOpen location code
4VCPPQ5V+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 277080852OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Oriental Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oriental Bay”
- Dutch: “Oriental Bay”
- French: “Oriental Bay”
- German: “Oriental Bay”
- Japanese: “オリエンタル・ベイ”
- Turkish: “Oriental Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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