The Colville Channel is one of three channels connecting the
Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of
Auckland, New Zealand.
It is the easternmost channel, lying between the southern end of
Great Barrier Island and
Cape Colville at the northern tip of the
Coromandel Peninsula. The tiny
Channel Island
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
lies in the centre of the channel.
The other two channels are the
Cradock Channel and the
Jellicoe Channel
The Jellicoe Channel is one of three channels connecting the Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the westernmost channel, lying between Cape Rodney on the North Auckland Peninsula and Little ...
.
References
Hauraki Gulf
Straits of New Zealand
Great Barrier Island
Thames-Coromandel District
Landforms of the Auckland Region
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