Whangaparapara
Whangaparapara is a harbour and coastal community on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. Whangaparapara Harbour seen from Mount HobsonEuropeans settled Whangaparapara for mining, timber milling and whaling.Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Claris
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Claris is a settlement on the east coast of Great Barrier Island in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Claris is situated 6 km east of Whangaparapara.
Ōkiwi
Ōkiwi is a small settlement and rural community at the head of the Whangapoua Estuary… Ōkiwi is situated 10 km north of Whangaparapara.Whangaparapara
- Type: Village
- Description: locality in Auckland Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.24217° or 36° 14' 32" southLongitude
175.3992° or 175° 23' 57" eastElevation
76 metres (249 feet)Open Location Code
4VMQQ95X+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 3216519999OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6250099Wikidata ID
Q25660367Whangaparapara Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Maori: Whangaparapara
- Turkish: Whangaparapara
Localities in the Area
- OkupuVillage, 3½ km southeast
- Horseshoe PaddockLocality, 8 km east
- AwanaLocality, 8 km northeast
- Puriri BayVillage, 9 km southeast
- TryphenaVillage, 11 km southeast
Landmarks in the Area
- Whaling station remainsHistoric site
- Remains of Kauri mill
- Kauri FallsWaterfall
- WhangaparaparaPeak
- Oreville Stamping Battery
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. 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 Whangaparapara. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.