Bombay Hills

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The Bombay Hills are a range of hills south of Auckland in New Zealand. Although they are only a small and insignificant hills, they are the southern boundary of the Auckland Region and the North-South line between Auckland and the Waikato region.

The hills are located 40 km southeast of Auckland, near the town of Pukekohe. The State Highway 1 here reaches its highest point between Auckland and Tirau in the east of the Waikato Region, 134 km to the southeast.

Although the hills visually appears to be an offshoot of the Hunua Ranges, are the Bombay Hills geologically very different and mainly of volcanic origin. Therefore, the Bombay Hills are fertile and suitable for agriculture. Some Auckländer denote the Hunua Ranges incorrectly as " Bombay Hills ".

Bombay

A settlement from the 19th century, Bombay is on the old main road south of Auckland, the Great South Road. The settlement and the Bombay Hills are not directly named after the Indian city of Bombay, but after the eponymous ship Bombay, landed in 1863 in Auckland and brought settlers to the region, which was then called Williamson 's Clearing.

Resident

In the Bombay Hills some well-known athletes, including the rower Eric Murphy, the world champion in motorcycling Katherine Prumm and the former captain of the All Blacks, Andy Dalton live.

Swell

• Auckland
• Waikato (Region)
• Mountains in New Zealand