Ligar Bay
Ligar Bay is a bay and small coastal settlement in Golden Bay / Mohua. It is located between Port Tarakohe and Tata Beach. It is approximately 12 kilometres north-east of Tākaka.Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abel Tasman Monument and Wainui Falls.
Abel Tasman Monument
Memorial
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abel Tasman Monument is a memorial to the first recorded contact between Europeans—led by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman—and Māori in New Zealand's Golden Bay on 18 and 19 December 1642.
Wainui Falls
Cliff
Photo: Insertcleverphrasehere, Public domain.
Wainui Falls is a 20-metre waterfall in Wainui Bay, in the Tasman region of New Zealand. The waterfall is part of the Wainui River and cascades over granite bedrock into a deep pool at its base. Wainui Falls is situated 3½ km southeast of Ligar Bay.
Pōhara Beach
Beach
Photo: Jenny Hudson, CC BY 2.0.
Pōhara Beach is situated 3½ km west of Ligar Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tata Beach and Tarakohe.
Tata Beach
Hamlet
Photo: nut.in.a.hut, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tata Beach is a beach and small coastal settlement of predominantly holiday houses in the South Island, New Zealand. Found in the Golden Bay region, it is approximately 14 kilometres north-east of Tākaka.
Tarakohe
Locality
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarakohe, in older sources referred to as Terekohe, is a locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located east of Pōhara in Golden Bay.
Pōhara
Village
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pōhara is a rural locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island. The locality is northeast of Tākaka and southwest of Tata Beach. To the north is Limestone Bay, part of Golden Bay / Mohua The official spelling was changed from "Pohara" to "Pōhara" by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa on 5 November 2018.
Ligar Bay
- Type: Village with 130 residents
- Description: locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.8223° or 40° 49′ 20″ southLongitude
172.90948° or 172° 54′ 34″ eastPopulation
130Open location code
4VFJ5WH5+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 563308425OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q101423872
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- Turkish: “Ligar Bay”
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