Whau River
The Whau River is an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It flows north for 5.7 kilometres from its origin at the confluence of the Avondale Stream and Whau Stream to its mouth between the Te Atatū Peninsula and the long, thin Rosebank Peninsula in Avondale.Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Localities in the Area
Te Atatū Peninsula
Photo: Mark Boyd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Te Atatū Peninsula is a waterfront suburb of West Auckland surrounded by the Waitematā Harbour.
Te Atatū South
Photo: RHarris00, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Te Atatū South is a residential suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand.
Lincoln
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lincoln is a suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand. It is also the filming location of Shortland Street. Lincoln is situated 3 km west of Whau River.
Whau River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Auckland, New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.85° or 36° 51' southLongitude
174.66667° or 174° 40' eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open Location Code
4VMP4MX8+XMGeoNames ID
2179184Wikidata ID
Q2566584Whau River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Aragonese: Río Whau
- Asturian: Ríu Whau
- Cebuano: Whau River
- Dutch: Whau River
- English: Whau Creek
- French: Whau
- French: Whau (rivière)
- German: Whau River
- Welsh: Afon Whau
In the Area
Localities
- Point ChevalierSuburb, 4 km southeast
- WaterviewSuburb, 4 km southeast
- HendersonSuburb, 4½ km southwest
- West HarbourSuburb, 4½ km northwest
- GlendeneSuburb, 4½ km south
- West Auckland
Landmarks
- Motumānawa/Pollen IslandIsland
- Traherne IslandIsland, 3 km southeast
- Point Chevalier BeachBeach, 3 km east
- Orukuwai PointCape, 3 km northwest
- Boat Rock3 km northeast
- Point ChevalierCape, 3½ km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Whau River. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.