Te Whanga Lagoon

Te Whanga Lagoon dominates the geography of , in the South Pacific Ocean off 's east coast. It covers 160 square kilometres. It is the outflow of several small rivers in the island's hilly south, and drains to the Pacific via gaps in Hanson Bay on the east coast of the island.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: lagoon on Chatham Island in the Southern Pacific
  • Also known as: “Te Whanga”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chatham Islands/Tuuta Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Muso555, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport is an airport 10.5 nautical miles northeast of Township on the , . The airport, in part named in honor of the Chatham Islander, Inia William Tuuta, who donated the land for the airport, was completed in 1982 to replace a compacted grass airstrip at Te Hapupu that could only handle slow-flying Safe Air Bristol Freighter aircraft. is situated 2½ km north of Te Whanga Lagoon.

Te Whanga Lagoon

Latitude
-43.83779° or 43° 50′ 16″ south
Longitude
-176.4627° or 176° 27′ 46″ west
Open location code
42855G6P+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 767114273
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q2398258
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Satellite Map

Discover Te Whanga Lagoon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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