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1 Location

The waters of the gulf are part of the Pacific Ocean, which it connects to in the north and east. The gulf is largely protected from the Pacific by Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island to the north, and by the 80 kilometre long finger of land that is the Coromandel Peninsula to the east.

Three large channels join the gulf to the Pacific: The Colville Channel lies between the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier, the Cradock Channel lies between the two islands, and the Jellicoe Channel lies between Little Barrier Island and the coast of Northland

2 Geographic features

At the southern end of the Hauraki Gulf is the large pool known as the Firth of Thames. Beyond this lie the Hauraki Plains, formed by the Waihou/Thames River and the Piako River. To the west of the gulf lie a string of islands guarding the mouth of the Waitemata HarbourWaitemata Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. It connects the city and port to the Hauraki Gulf, and thus to the Pacific Ocean, and is sheltered from Pacific storms by the bulks of Rangitoto Island and Waiheke Island. For this reas, one of Auckland's two harbours. These include Ponui Island , Waiheke IslandWaiheke Island is in the Hauraki Gulf about 35 minutes by ferry from Auckland, New Zealand. The Island is 19. 3 km long from east to west and varies in width from 0. 65 km, with an area of 92 km². The coastline is 133. 5 km including 40 km of beaches. and the iconic dome of Rangitoto IslandRangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. It is an iconic landmark of Auckland as its distinctive symmetrical 260 metre high cone is visible from much of the city. It is the most recent and the largest of the ap (a dormant volcanoThis article is about volcanoes geology. For the action movie see: Volcano (movie). A volcano (plural, volcanoes) is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the earth's interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperatur). The islands are separated from the mainland by the Tamaki Strait and Rangitoto Channel .

To the north of Auckland several peninsulas jut into the gulf, notably the Whangaparaoa Peninsula . Close to the Jellicoe Channel lies Kawau Island .

2.1 Islands

• Browns Island
• Channel Island
• Great Barrier Island
• Kawau Island
• Little Barrier Island
• Macleans Island
• Motuihe Island
• Motukawao IslandsThe Motukawao Islands are the northernmost of several small groups of islands that lie in the Hauraki Gulf off the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. They lie some five kilometres to the southwest of Colville, and are uninhabited. The la
• Motutapu Island
• Pakatoa Island
• Ponui Island
• Rakino Island
• Rangitoto IslandRangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. It is an iconic landmark of Auckland as its distinctive symmetrical 260 metre high cone is visible from much of the city. It is the most recent and the largest of the ap
• Tiritiri Matangi IslandTiritiri Matangi Island lies in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 4km east of Whangaparaoa Peninsula on the North Island and 30km north east of Auckland. The 220-hectare island is now a nature reserve, noted for its bird life including the kiwi and the tak
• Tryphena Island
• Whanganui Island