Hawke Bay

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Hawke Bay

Hawke Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of the North Island

North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
. It stretches from the Mahia Peninsula

Mahia Peninsula

The Mahia Peninsula is located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the cities of Napier, New Zealand and Gisborne, New Zealand....
in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers

Cape Kidnappers

File:File CapeKidnappersView.jpgFile:Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony.jpgCape Kidnappers is a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island....
in the southwest, a distance of some 100 kilometres.

Captain James Cook

James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
, sailing in HM Bark Endeavour

HM Bark Endeavour

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Hawke Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of the North Island

North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the List of islands by area....
of New Zealand

New Zealand

Mahia Peninsula

The Mahia Peninsula is located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the cities of Napier, New Zealand and Gisborne, New Zealand....
in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers

Cape Kidnappers

James Cook

Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
, sailing in HM Bark Endeavour

HM Bark Endeavour

His Majesty's Bark Endeavour was a 10-gun Royal Navy barque commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his First voyage of James Cook, to Australia and New Zealand in 1769-71....
, sailed into the bay on October 12 1769. After exploring it, he named it for Sir Edward Hawke, First Lord of the Admiralty on October 15 1769, describing it as some 13 league

League

The term League may refer to:...
s (about 40 miles) across.

This area of the New Zealand coast is subject to tectonic uplift, with the land being raised out of the sea. For this reason, the coastal land in this area has significant marine deposits, with both marine and land dinosaur fossils having been found inland. The Napier earthquake of February 3, 1931 resulted in several parts of the seabed close to the city of Napier

Napier, New Zealand

Napier is a seaport List of cities in New Zealand in Hawke's Bay , New Zealand. It has a population of Less than twenty kilometres separate the centres of Hastings City and Napier, and as such the two are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"....
being raised above sea level.

Because the central mountain ranges come close to the coast at the north end of the bay, much of the bay's northerly coastline has deeply eroded tablelands that end in steep seaside cliffs which descend to narrow beaches.

The town of Wairoa

Wairoa

This article is about the New Zealand town. For the river, please refer to the Wairoa River articleWairoa is a town in New Zealand's North Island....
lies to the north end of the bay, at the mouth of the Wairoa River

Wairoa River

Wairoa is the name of several rivers and streams in New Zealand. Wairoa is Maori language for long water.* Wairoa River, Northland* Wairoa River, Hawke's Bay...
and its flood plain, while the port city of Napier lies on the coast near the southern end of the bay, on the edge of another flat river flood plain. The Hawke's Bay region, which is distinct from the bay itself, lies on the coastal land around the bay and also in the hinterland to the south.

Shibboleth
Shibboleth

Shibboleth is any distinguishing practice which is indicative of one's social or regional origin.It usually refers to features of language, and particularly to a word whose pronunciation identifies its speaker as being a member or not a member of a particular group....
: It is important to note that the bay itself is Hawke Bay, whereas the region which surrounds it bears the bay's former name, Hawke's Bay.

Hawke Bay

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