Bay of Islands

bay, New Zealand
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Bay of Islands, bay of the South Pacific Ocean and geographic region, northern North Island, New Zealand, formed when the sea flooded an old river valley system. The bay has a shoreline of 500 miles (800 km) and about 150 islands. It opens to the sea through an 11-mile- (18-kilometre-) wide passage flanked by Brett Cape on the east and Wiwiki Cape on the west. The first European to enter the inlet was Captain James Cook in 1769. Three years later the French explorer Marion du Fresne founded a short-lived settlement on Moturoa Island. In 1814 the Reverend Samuel Marsden ...(100 of 189 words)