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Karamea Bight

Coordinates: 41°30′S 171°40′E / 41.500°S 171.667°E / -41.500; 171.667
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Location of Karamea Bight

The Karamea Bight is the name given to a large bay in the Tasman Sea formed by a curved stretch of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It stretches for 100 kilometres north from Cape Foulwind to just north of the mouth of the Heaphy River.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Laing, Andrew; Reid, Steve; Hooper, Glenn (1997). "Wave Conditions in the Karamea Bight, New Zealand from Measurements and Modelling". Retrieved 22 May 2021 – via search.informit.org.
  2. ^ Stanton, B. R. (March 1971). "Hydrology of Karamea Bight, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 5 (1): 141–163. doi:10.1080/00288330.1971.9515373. ISSN 0028-8330.

41°30′S 171°40′E / 41.500°S 171.667°E / -41.500; 171.667


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