Whangamumu Harbor
| Whangamumu Harbor | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 15 ′ S , 174 ° 18 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| country | New Zealand | |
| region | Northland | |
| Sea access | Pacific Ocean | |
| Data on the natural harbor | ||
| Port entrance | 704 m wide | |
| length | around 2.93 km | |
| width | Max. 1.1 km | |
| Coastline | around 8.3 km | |
| Tributaries | some streams (brooks) | |
| Islands | two small rock islands at the port entrance | |
| Remarks | ||
| Was the location of a whaling station between 1844 and 1942 | ||
Whangamumu Harbor is a natural harbor in the Northland region ofthe North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The Whangamumu Harbor is located approximately 16 km east of Russell and 55 km north of Whangarei on the east coast of Northland Peninsula . In its longest extension, the natural harbor measures around 3.9 km and at its widest point comes to around 1100 m. The port entrance, which is about 700 m wide for the water, merges almost seamlessly into the Pacific Ocean . The partly rugged coastline of the natural harbor is around 8.3 km long.
description
The natural harbor, like an S-shape, is flanked on the ocean-facing side by two 1.1 km and 2.26 km long peninsulas that reach into the ocean, on which the rocks rise up to 120 m and 152 m respectively . The southern peninsula is called Whangamumu Peninsula . After a narrow point around 330 m wide, the rear part of the water follows with a 580 m long but very narrow pebble beach. This part of the natural harbor is very protected, has small bays on both sides that are very suitable for anchoring and is therefore valued by sailors for this.
history
The Whangamumu Harbor was in the years 1844 to 1942 a whaling station and a location for the processing of whale meat to whale oil . Little is known about the station's founders, John Johnson and Andrew Gibson , and the facility's location within the port. From their successors William and Herbert George , however, we know that they moved their whaling station from Outu Bay on the Rakaumangamanga Peninsula to the northwest bay in Whangamumu Harbor in 1893 .
In 1910 it was expanded to a factory under the new owners, Messrs Jagger & Cook , which hunted for whales with a steamboat using harpoons and the highest number of processed whales in 1925 with a total of 74 whales in just one year. During the Great Depression , whale oil prices fell and the facility was temporarily shut down between 1931 and 1932. The decline and the end of the factory and whaling came in 1940 to 1942, when the steamship for whaling, the Niagara , sank and in 1942 the factory burned down to its concrete foundations. The facility was the longest and most efficiently operated whaling station in the Northland region .
See also
literature
- Melina Goddard : Whangamumu Whaling Station Bay of Islands . Historic Heritage Assessment . Department of Conservation , Kerikeri 2010 (English, online [PDF; 5,6 MB ; accessed on November 11, 2017]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed November 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth Pro version 7.3.0.3832 on November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Carl Victor: Bay of Dreams . In: sailing . Volume 36 . Year Top Special Verlag, Hamburg June 2006, p. 72–78 ( Online [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on November 11, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Goddard : Whangamumu Whaling Station Bay of Islands . 2010, p. 5 ff . (English).