Browns Bay

Browns Bay is one of the most northernmost suburbs in the contiguous metropolitan area, located in the . Named after the Brown family who settled here in 1876, Browns Bay became a holiday destination in the late 19th century.
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  • Type: Suburb with 10,600 residents
  • Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Browns Bay, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Coast Bays Library and Browns Bay Beach Reserve.

Library
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Park
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is a park.

Park
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is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torbay and Long Bay.

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is a seaside suburb on the North Shore of in . It has few attractions of its own, but is close to the beaches of and Browns Bay, as well as sporting its own Waiake Beach.

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is a beachside suburb on the North Shore of in , whose Regional Park is a popular recreational attraction.

Suburb
is an suburb, which is under local governance of . The area is defined by Valley Road on the north, East Coast Road on the east, Spencer Road on the south, and the Auckland Northern Motorway on the west.

Browns Bay

Latitude
-36.7156° or 36° 42′ 56″ south
Longitude
174.7482° or 174° 44′ 54″ east
Population
10,600
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Named after
Peter Brown
Open location code
4VMP7PMX+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292687627
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6231794
Wiki­data ID
Q4976634
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Satellite Map

Discover Browns Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Browns Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Browns Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Sherwood”
  • Dutch: “Browns Bay, New Zealand”
  • Dutch: “Sherwood”
  • French: “Browns Bay (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
  • French: “Browns Bay”
  • Japanese: “ブラウンズ・ベイ”
  • Japanese: “ブラウンズベイ”
  • Macedonian: “Браунс Беј”
  • Turkish: “Browns Bay”

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