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Embayment in New Zealand

Great Exhibition Bay
Tokerau (Māori)
Satellite image with land in the middle third and water both above and below.Satellite image looking across the Aupōuri Peninsula (east is at top). Great Exhibition Bay is the wide bay to the top left.
Map showing Great Exhibition Bay at the top of the North Island of New ZealandMap showing Great Exhibition Bay at the top of the North Island of New ZealandGreat Exhibition BayLocation of Great Exhibition Bay in New Zealand
LocationAupōuri Peninsula, Northland
Coordinates34°38′S 173°00′E / 34.633°S 173.000°E / -34.633; 173.000
TypeBay
EtymologyNamed for the 1851 Great Exhibition
Primary inflowsParengarenga Harbour

Great Exhibition Bay (Māori: Tokerau) is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) wide embayment close to the northernmost tip of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the east coast of the Aupōuri Peninsula in the Northland Region. The large natural inlet of Parengarenga Harbour lies at the northern end of the bay.

The bay was called Sandy Bay by Captain James Cook, but was renamed in commemoration of the 1851 Great Exhibition, though the reasons for this renaming are not clear. The Māori name for the bay, Tokerau, simply means "north".

References

  1. Reed, A.W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 148.


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