Greville Harbor

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Greville Harbor
Māori: Wharariki
Geographical location
Greville Harbor (New Zealand)
Greville Harbor
Coordinates 40 ° 51 ′  S , 173 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′  S , 173 ° 48 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-MBH
country New Zealand
region Marlborough
Sea access Tasman Sea
Data on the natural harbor
Port entrance 1 980 m wide
length around 8.8 km
width Max. 2.4 km
Coastline around 34 km
Tributaries numerous smaller and larger streams (brooks)

Greville Harbor ( Māori Wharariki ) is a natural harbor on D'Urville Island in the north of the South Island of New Zealand . The island is administratively part of the Marlborough District .

geography

The Greville Harbor is located on the west side of the island D'Urville Iceland , at the northwest end of the Marlborough Sounds , about 52 km north-northwest of Picton and approximately 66 kilometers northeast of Nelson . The natural harbor is divided into an outer and an inner area, divided by a shoal called Boulders Spit , located around 3.6 km south-southeast of the port entrance. The port entrance is 1.98 km wide and provides access to the Tasman Sea . After just 1.6 km east of Boulders Spit , the water begins to split into four inlets, the Smylies Arm , the Punt Arm , Wharairiki Bay and the Mill Arm , which is the longest of these four arms at around 3 km. The entire coastline of Greville Harbor extends over around 34 km.

The mountains surrounding the natural harbor rise with the Takapōtaka / Attempt Hill to a height of up to 729  m .

Tsunami narrative

There is an event in the traditional Māori stories in which a tsunami , known by the locals as Tapu-arero-utuutu , is said to have killed almost all of the inhabitants living on the banks of Greville Harbor and buried them in the sand of the dunes. In one of the stories the Taniwha (mythical creature) Te Ngarara-huarau is held responsible for their death.

See also

literature

  • DN King, JR Goff : Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief : Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science . In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . Volume 10, Issue 9 . Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH, Göttingen September 16, 2010, p. 1927–1940 , doi : 10.5194 / nhess-10-1927-2010 (English, online [PDF; 549 kB ; accessed on March 17, 2018]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed March 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth version 7.1.8.3036 on March 17th, 2018.
  3. ↑ King, Goff : Bene fitting from differences in knowledge, practice and amounted : Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science . In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . 2010, p.  1933 .