Spirits Bay
Coordinates: 34 ° 25 ′ S , 172 ° 47 ′ E
The Spirits Bay or Piwhane Bay is a 12 km long bay at the northern end of the Aupōuri Peninsula on the northern tip of New Zealand . Administratively, the area belongs to the Far North District of Northland .
At the west end of the bay is Cape Reinga , from which, according to Māori legend, the spirits of the dead begin their journey back to Hawaiki .
The bay, together with Tom Bowling Bay, forms a large part of the coast of the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand. At the east end of the bay is Kapowairua , the northernmost settlement in New Zealand, to which the only access to the bay leads. The bay is closed in the east by Hoopers Point ( Ngataea ) and the offshore small island Pananehe Island . The small Waitahora Stream flows into the bay .
The Tasman Sea and the Pacific meet in the sea area in front of the bay .
literature
- New Zealand Travel Atlas , Wise Maps Auckland. ISBN 0-908794-47-9 .
