Double Beach
Double Beach is a beach in New Zealand. Double Beach is situated nearby to the disaster remains HMS Sparrow, as well as near the peak Fern Dale.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Sparrow.
HMS Sparrow
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922. HMS Sparrow is situated 500 metres north of Double Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitaria Bay and Ngākuta Bay.
Waitaria Bay
Locality
Waitaria Bay is a locality in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It lies on the northern side of Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. The town is one of the most isolated in the South Island to have a school. Waitaria Bay is situated 7 km northeast of Double Beach.
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. Ngākuta Bay is situated 10 km south of Double Beach.
Anakiwa
Village
Photo: Samuel J Arnold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anakiwa is a coastal residential village in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It sits at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, one of the Marlborough Sounds, 23 km west of Picton and 18 km east of Havelock. Anakiwa is situated 10 km southwest of Double Beach.
Double Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.18985° or 41° 11′ 24″ southLongitude
173.97155° or 173° 58′ 18″ eastOpen location code
4VCMRX6C+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 11687243097OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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