Hawke Bay

Hawke Bay is a bay on the east side of the North Island of New Zealand. Your largest expanse of 100 kilometers ranges from Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers in the southwest.

The name of Hawke 's Bay

Captain James Cook sailed with his sailing ship HMS Endeavour on 12 October 1769 in the bay and explored the surrounding area. Three days later he named the bay after Sir Edward Hawke, First Lord of the Admiralty ( 1710-1781 ). It is important to know that the actual bay is named Hawke Bay, while the region that surrounds it, bears the former name; Hawke 's Bay.

Environment

Because of the mountain ranges that run across the island and roam the northern edge of the bay, coastlines are increasingly narrowed and pushed back. The bay consists mainly of plate-like plateau, ending sometimes in steep cliffs in the sea or leak on the sandy beaches.

The small town of Wairoa, Wairoa headquarters of the District Councils, located at the northern end of the bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and its flood plains. The port city of Napier is located on the opposite side at the south end at the edge of a river on the flood plains. The Hawke 's Bay region, which clearly differs from the Hawke Bay is located on the coast and extends inland and to the mountains.

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• Bay in New Zealand
• Bay in Australia and Oceania
• Bay ( Pacific Ocean )
• Hawke 's Bay (Region)