Coromandel Peninsula
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The Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand extends 85 kilometres north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier protecting the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth o
Motukawao Islands and Hauraki Gulf from near Colville
Waikawau Bay
Tairua
Rainforest of inland Coromandel Peninsula
Coromandel, New Zealand
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Coromandel, also called Coromandel Town to distinguish it from the wider district, is a town on the Coromandel Harbour, on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula, which is in the North Island of
Coromandel Peninsula
…The English-language name for the peninsula comes from HMS Coromandel (originally named HMS Malabar), a ship of the British Royal Navy that stopped at Coromandel Harbour in 1820 to buy kauri spars. The ship was named for the Coromandel Coast of India. The peninsula is steep and hilly and largely covered in bush. The…
Coromandel town
1883 painting of the Coromandel Harbour by Philip Walsh
Panoramic view of the town from a lookout in the Kauri Block