Oceania · Illustrated record
Ngarunui Beach
Raglan · New Zealand
The short version, from the cited sources
Dark ironsand on the Tasman coast at Raglan, carried north over millennia from the volcanic cliffs of Taranaki. The long left-hand point break nearby is among the best known in the country.
- Country
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Region
- Oceania
- Sand
- Black ironsand
- Water
- Consistent tasman swell
- Administrative area
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2006-03-04
Names in the record
Ngarunui Beach
No alternate names were supplied by the source.
Awaiting editorial review
Not yet recorded for this beach
- Access and accessibility
- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
-37.80821, 174.83020
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Direct provenance
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Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
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