Nelson Haven is an extensive area of mudflats northeast of
Nelson, New Zealand
(Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
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. It is separated from
Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere
Tasman Bay (; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along ...
by the
Boulder Bank
The Boulder Bank (Māori: ''Te Taero a Keropa'' or ''Te Tāhuna o Tama-i-ea'') is a very unusual naturally formed landform in Nelson, New Zealand. It is a 13 kilometre long stretch of rocky substrate which begins at the Mackay Bluff and ends a ...
and over 8
km long and up to 2 km wide. The area is regularly completely drowned and exposed by tidal action and supports a large population of
mud crabs
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:
*''Scylla serrata''
*''Scylla tranquebarica''
*''Scylla paramamosain''
*''Scylla olivacea''
*Members of the family Panopeidae, such as '' Panopeus herbstii''
*Members of the fam ...
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Notes
Coastline of New Zealand
Wetlands of New Zealand
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