Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the Waitemata Harbour

Location of Waitemata Harbour

Waitemata Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. It connects the city and port to the Hauraki Gulf, and thus to the Pacific Ocean, and is sheltered from Pacific storms by the bulks of Rangitoto Island and Waiheke Island. The Auckland Harbour Bridge, seen from the Sky Tower. ... The Auckland Harbour Bridge, seen from the Sky Tower. ... The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ... Location of Rangitoto island (marked in red) Rangitoto Island (, ) is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. ... A true-colour image showing the Hauraki Gulf. ...

For this reason it is often referred to as Auckland Harbour, despite the fact that it is only one of two harbours surrounding the city.The Waitemata forms the north and east coasts of Auckland isthmus. It is matched on the south and west by the shallower waters of Manukau Harbour. Location of Manukau Harbour Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand and the sixth largest in the world by area. ...

The harbour is an arm of the Hauraki Gulf, extending west for eighteen kilometres from the end of the Rangitoto Channel. Its entrance is between North head, in the suburb of Devonport, and Bastion Point in the south. The Rangitoto Channel is one of several passes between the islands of the inner Hauraki Gulf, close to the mouth of the Waitemata Harbour to the east of Auckland city in New Zealand. ... Devonport as viewed from Mt Victoria. ... Bastion Point (Tarapakawha in Maori) is a coastal piece of land in Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour. ...

The westernmost ends of the harbour extend past Whenuapai in the northwest, and to Te Atatu in the west, as well as forming the estuarial arm known as the Whau River in the southwest. Whenuapai is located in Waitakere city, one of the cities which make up the conurbation of Auckland, in the northern North Island of New Zealand. ... Te Atatu is the name of two suburbs in Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland urban area in northern New Zealand: Te Atatu Peninsula and Te Atatu South. ... The Whau River, despite its name, is actually an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour, within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. ...

The north shore of the harbour contains North Shore city, one of several separate cities within the Auckland metropolitan area. Suburbs located close to the shore here include Devonport, Northcote and Birkenhead. North Shore City (orange). ... Auckland Region is a local government region in New Zealand. ... Northcote is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... Birkenhead is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ...

To the south is the heart of Auckland city, as well as coastal suburbs such as Mission Bay, Parnell, Herne Bay, and Point Chevalier, the latter of which lies on a short triangular peninsula jutting into the harbour.

The harbour is crossed at its narrowest point by the Auckland Harbour Bridge. To the east of its southern end lie the marinas of Westhaven, Freemans Bay and the Viaduct Basin. Further east from these, and close to the harbour's entrance, lies the Port of Auckland. Auckland Harbour Bridge Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight lane road bridge that spans the Waitemata Harbour joining Freemans Bay in Auckland City with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. ... Freemans Bay is the name of a bay and an inner suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. ... Viaduct Basin is a development of modest apartments and expensive eateries located at the site of a run-down marina on the waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand. ...