Parengarenga Harbor
| Parengarenga Harbor | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 31 ′ S , 172 ° 57 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| country | New Zealand | |
| region | Northland | |
| Sea access | Pacific Ocean | |
| Data on the natural harbor | ||
| Port entrance | 780 m wide | |
| length | Max. 15 km | |
| width | Max. 20 km | |
| places | Te Hapua | |
| Tributaries | some streams (brooks) | |
| Islands | Kaipohue Island | |
The Parengarenga Harbor is a natural harbor on the east coast of the Aupouri Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand . It is the northernmost natural harbor in the country.
Origin of name
The name Parengarenga comes from the Māori language and consists of Parenga and the repetition renga . Parenga means sandbar and with the repetition renga mutatis mutandis many sandbars .
geography
The Parengarenga Harbor is located in the far north of the North Island about 15 km south of the northernmost point of New Zealand, the Surville Cliffs . Cape Reinga is around 30 km northwest of the center of the port area. Parengarenga Harbor consists of four-armed branches with five channels, which unite between Ohao Point ( Coal Point ) and Kokota ( The Sandspit ) find their access to the Pacific Ocean via Great Exhibition Bay . In the port area there are numerous sandbanks that are constantly changing due to the strong tidal currents. From the entrance to the harbor, which is around 720 m wide during a spring tide , the water branches up to 15 km inland and reaches in the west and south as far as New Zealand State Highway 1 .
The largest settlement in the port area is Te Hapua , 7 km west of the port entrance, followed by Paua , north of Ngutukorari Bay . Tangoake and Waitiki Landing are two other small settlements at the end of two water arms. The small island of Kaipohue Island is located in Taraere Bay in the southern arm of the natural harbor .
Administratively, Parengarenga Harbor belongs to the Far North District of Northland .
use
The bright white sand of the Kokota Sand Dune , which extends south of the harbor entrance, was a source of high quality quartz sand for glass making in Auckland . Mining took place until 1997. While usable quartz sand was found in other places in Northland , the deposits of Parengarenga Harbor were by far the largest in the region.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Parengarenga Harbor . NZ Birds , July 9, 2011, accessed April 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps - Cape Reinga . Land Information New Zealand , accessed April 18, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Data and distances taken from Google Earth.
- ↑ Carl Walrond : Rock, limestone and clay - Sources and uses - Sand . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , June 12, 2006, accessed April 18, 2017 .
- ^ AB Christie, RG Barker : Mineral resource assessment of the Northland Region, New Zealand - GNS Science Report 2007/06 . (PDF 6.2 MB) GNS Science , May 2007, archived from the original on October 15, 2008 ; Retrieved September 4, 2014 (English, original website no longer available ( ISBN 0-478-09969-X , pages 123–126)).