Ngākuta Bay
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.- Type: Village with 60 residents
- Description: place in Marlborough, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Ngakuta Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Picton Railway Station and Picton Library and Service Centre.
Picton Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Picton Railway Station is situated 4 km southeast of Ngākuta Bay.
Picton Library and Service Centre
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Picton Library and Service Centre is situated 4 km southeast of Ngākuta Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Picton and Anakiwa.
Picton
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picton is a small but important town in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, linking the South Island road and rail network with ferries that cross Cook Strait to and from Wellington in the North Island.
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 4½ km west of Ngākuta Bay.
Waikawa
Quarter
Photo: Sid Mosdell, CC BY 2.0.
Waikawa is a small settlement to the north east of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa. Waikawa is situated 5 km east of Ngākuta Bay.
Ngākuta Bay
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.27513° or 41° 16′ 31″ southLongitude
173.96353° or 173° 57′ 49″ eastPopulation
60Open location code
4VCMPXF7+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1665332845OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q108377415
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