Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the harbour.

Location of Waitemata Harbour.

One of the wooded beach reserves typical of the 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. ... Auckland Harbour Bridge The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane road bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland City with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. ... Image File history File links NZ-Waitemata_H.png‎ Location map of Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links NZ-Waitemata_H.png‎ Location map of Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 264 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 264 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... 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. ... 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. ...

Overview

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 and Bastion Point in the south. 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. 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. ... North Head is a volcanic cone headland in the jurisdiction of North Shore City, New Zealand, in the suburb of Devonport at the east end of the Waitemata Harbour (Aucklands harbour). ... Bastion Point (Tarapakawha in Maori) is a coastal piece of land in Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour. ... 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 is formed by North Shore City, one of several separate cities within Greater Auckland. Suburbs located close to the shore here include Birkenhead, Northcote and Devonport (west to east). North Shore Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | Auckland | Cities and towns in New Zealand | Territorial Authorities of New Zealand ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... Birkenhead is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... Northcote is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... Devonport as viewed from Mt Victoria. ...

To the south is the heart of Auckland City, as well as coastal suburbs such as Mission Bay, Parnell, Herne Bay and Point Chevalier (east to west), the latter of which lies on a short triangular peninsula jutting into the harbour. This article is about the City of Auckland. ... Mission Bay can refer to, among other things: Mission Bay, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand The first release candidate for version 1. ... Parnell may refer to: Places called Parnell Parnell, Iowa Parnell, Missouri Parnell, New Zealand People called Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Chris Parnell Lee Roy Parnell Samuel Duncan Parnell Thomas Parnell This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Herne Bay is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. ... Point Chevalier is a suburb and peninsula in the west of the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. ...

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, as well as the suburbs of 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 The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane road bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland City with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. ... Freemans Bay is the name of a former 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. ...

Waitemata Harbour at sunset, taken from the point between St Heliers and Kohimarama beaches, overlooking Mt Victoria (left) and North Head (right). The point between Kohimarama and Mission Bay is visible in the far left.

Coordinates: 36°49′S 174°42′E Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2025x427, 186 KB) Subject: Waitemata Harbour at sunset, taken from the point between St Heliers and Kohimarama beaches, overlooking Mt Victoria (left) and North Head (right). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2025x427, 186 KB) Subject: Waitemata Harbour at sunset, taken from the point between St Heliers and Kohimarama beaches, overlooking Mt Victoria (left) and North Head (right). ... Saint Heliers is an Auckland suburb. ... Kohimarama is an Auckland suburb. ... Mission Bay can refer to, among other things: Mission Bay, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand The first release candidate for version 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...