Colville Channel
| Colville Channel | ||
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| Connects waters | Hauraki Gulf | |
| with water | Pacific Ocean | |
| Separates land mass | Great Barrier Island | |
| of land mass | Coromandel Peninsula | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 36 ° 23 '22 " S , 175 ° 27' 27" E | |
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| Islands | Channel Island | |
The Colville Channel is the easternmost of three channels that connect the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand with the Pacific Ocean . It is northeast of Auckland and is located between the southern end of Great Barrier Island and Cape Colville on the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula . The tiny Channel Island is located in the middle of the channel.
The other two channels are the Cradock Channel and the Jellicoe Channel .