Kaingaroa Harbor

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Kaingaroa Harbor
Geographical location
Kaingaroa Harbor (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
Kaingaroa Harbor
Coordinates 43 ° 44 ′  S , 176 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′  S , 176 ° 16 ′  W
Region ISO NZ-CIT
country New Zealand
region Chatham Islands
Sea access Porpoise Bay , Pacific Ocean
Data on the natural harbor
Port entrance 1 160 m wide
length around 0.76 km
width Max. 1.22 km
Coastline around 2.44 km
places Kaingaroa
Tributaries a stream (brook) coming from Lake Te Wapu .
Islands On both sides of the port entrance and in the southeastern area, some rocks protrude from the water.
Jetty Fish factory near the Kaingaroa settlement
Photography of the natural harbor
Kaingaroa Beach.jpg
Jetty and beach in Kaingaroa Harbor

Kaingaroa Harbor is a natural harbor on the Chatham Islands , which are part of New Zealand .

geography

The Kaingaroa Harbor is located at the northeastern end of Chatham Iceland , the main island of the Chatham Islands . The natural harbor, which is open to the north, has an area of ​​around 1.22 km × 0.76 km, with a coastline of 2.44 km.

The only small settlement on the banks of Waikawa Harbor is Kaingaroa and is located on its west side, near the fish factory to the north of it. This has the only jetty in the northeastern part of the island.

history

According to tradition, the ancestors of the Moriori (natives of Chatham Island ) landed with the Ko ro waka a Kahu , the Kahu's canoe in the bay of Kaingaroa Harbor , where he planted his fern and named the place Tongariro . The place is said to have been destroyed when the Māori arrived in 1836.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth version 7.1.8.3036 on February 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Alexander Shand : The Moriori people of the Chatham Islands: their traditions and history . In: The Journal of the Polynesian Society . Volume 5, No. 1 , March 1898, Chap. VIII - Ko Hokorongo-tiringa , p.  13–32 (English, online [accessed February 2, 2018]).