Northland Peninsula
| Northland Peninsula | ||
 Northland Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand with the smaller Coromandel Peninsula (bottom right) |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 23 ′ S , 173 ° 48 ′ E | |
| location | Northern part of the North Island of New Zealand | |
| Waters 1 | Pacific Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Tasman Sea | |
| length | 330 km | |
| width | 85 km | |
The Northland Peninsula , formerly known as the North Auckland Peninsula , is located in the north of the North Island of New Zealand . Both names are not officially registered by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), but are used in the literature for the approximately 330 km long and up to 85 km wide headland.
geography
The exact delimitation of the peninsula to the south is difficult, as several points have to be considered: At the border of the two administrative regions, near the town of Wellsford , the peninsula is only about 15 km wide. Within the metropolitan area of Auckland but there are two places where the Northland Peninsula has a smaller width. In the west of the city, the Whau River , a branch of Waitemata Harbor , extends up to 2 km close to Manukau Harbor . A few kilometers southeast of it is the Otahuhu isthmus . There an arm of the Hauraki Gulf on the east coast reaches up to only 1200 m from the Manukau 's Waters. Due to these topographical conditions, most of the metropolis and the region - including Auckland City - belong to the Northland Peninsula .
Despite this clear geographical location of Auckland on the peninsula, a large part of the New Zealand population prefers the designation Isthmus of Auckland for the location of the big city (especially Auckland City ). Taking this into account, the peninsula stretches around 330 km in a north-westerly direction, with a maximum width of 85 km. Countless smaller peninsulas branch off from this large peninsula along its entire length. The last 82 km of its length are also counted as part of the Aupōuri Peninsula , in the far north of the island its width is reduced to around 11 km.
At the northern end there are numerous capes, which are often mistakenly regarded as the northernmost points of the North Island, the best known are probably Cape Reinga and Cape Maria van Diemen . In fact, the Surville Cliffs near the North Cape , at a latitude of 34 ° 23 '47 "South, form the northernmost point of the island.
About 30 km southeast of Dargaville and about 50 km north of Auckland , the peninsula on the west coast to the Tasman Sea has a large incision. The Kaipara Harbor is one of the largest natural harbors in the world and stretches in north-south direction up to 65 km from. Further north there is another, smaller natural harbor, the Hokianga Harbor , which is of enormous historical and cultural importance for New Zealand, especially for its indigenous people, the Māori .
Administrative divisions and cities
80% of the peninsula is administered by the Northland region , the Auckland region is responsible for the southern 20%.
Another place of historical importance on the Northland Peninsula is Waitangi in the Bay of Islands , which was one of the first settlements of colonial New Zealand. Waitangi is also the place where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and is considered the founding document of modern New Zealand. The largest settlement on the Northland Peninsula - apart from the metropolis of Auckland - is Whangarei with about 50,000 inhabitants, which is located at the natural harbor Whāngārei Harbor , which flows into the Pacific Ocean .
Individual evidence
- ^ Northland peninsula declared kiwi sanctuary . In: New Zealand Herald . July 17, 2001, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ↑ North Auckland Peninsula - A Thames Motorist's Impressions . In: Northern Advocade . February 15, 1919, p. 4 (English, online [accessed April 16, 2017]).
- ^ Claudia Orange : Northland Region - Geography . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , May 4, 2015, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ^ RW Johnson : Intraplate Volcanism: In Eastern Australia and New Zealand . Cambridge University Press , 1989, ISBN 0-521-38083-9 , 4.2.2 Northland , pp. 158 (English).
- ↑ a b Measure the peninsula with Google Earth