Tolaga Bay (bay)
The Tolaga Bay is a bay in the region Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand , 54 kilometers north of Gisborne . It was named so by James Cook on his voyage of discovery in 1769, who landed in the small bay "Cooks Cove" at the southern end of the bay. Later, the name also prevailed for the place Tolaga Bay , which was previously called "Uawa" by the Māori .
The Uawa River flows into the bay , into which the Mangaheia River flows shortly before . The bay emerged from the alluvial land of the two rivers. On both sides of the bay, the rocky foothills of the 300 to 400 meter high mountains in the hinterland jut out directly into the Pacific Ocean .
Tolaga Bay Wharf , built in the bay in the 1920s, is the longest reinforced concrete pier in the southern hemisphere with a length of 660 meters .
Web links
- Tolaga Bay - Uawa . Tourism Eastland,accessed September 19, 2014.
- East Coast places - Tolaga Bay . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, July 13, 2012,accessed September 18, 2014.
Coordinates: 38 ° 22 ′ 6 ″ S , 178 ° 19 ′ 28 ″ E