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The Mercury Islands are a group of seven islands off the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. They are located 8 kilometres (5 mi) off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula , and 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of the town of Whitianga .
The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area. [Note 2] River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km 2 (9.9 sq mi)), [8] Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal ...
The boom, Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula in early 1900s. Mercury Bay is a large V-shaped bay on the eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. It was named by the English navigator Captain James Cook during his exploratory expeditions. It was first named Te-Whanganui-a-Hei, the great bay of Hei, by the Māori.
The Mercury Islands tusked wētā, (Motuweta isolata), also known as the Middle Island tusked wētā, is a large flightless insect in the family Anostostomatidae, discovered in 1970 living on a single small island in New Zealand. Distinguished by the enormous tusks with which males fight, it was saved from extinction by a captive breeding ...
Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located on Mercury Bay , on the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a permanent population of 6,540 as of June 2024, [ 2 ] making it the second-largest town on the Coromandel Peninsula behind Thames .
Aldermen Islands A bay on one of the Aldermen Islands. Geography Location Mercury Bay in the North Island Coordinates 36°58′S 176°05′E / 36.967°S 176.083°E / -36.967; 176.083 Area 1.3 km 2 (0.50 sq mi) Administration New Zealand Demographics Population 0 The Aldermen Islands are a small group of rocky islets to the southeast of Mercury Bay in the North Island of New Zealand ...
The Māori name for Mercury Bay, Te Whanganui-A-Hei (meaning the Great Bay of Hei), refers to Hei, a tohunga from the Te Arawa waka.According to tradition, Hei chose the area around Mercury Bay as home for his tribe, proclaiming ownership by calling Motueka Island "Te Kuraetanga-o-taku-Ihu" (the outward curve of my nose).
Islands of the Mercury Islands in New Zealand. Pages in category "Islands of the Mercury Islands" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.