Flowerpot Bay Explained

Flowerpot Bay
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Pushpin Map:Oceania
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Flowerpot Bay, east of New Zealand
Coordinates:-44.24°N -176.2817°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:New Zealand
Subdivision Type1:Territorial authority
Subdivision Name1:Chatham Islands
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Pitt Island
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Timezone:Chatham Standard Time Zone

Flowerpot Bay, also spelt Flower Pot Bay, is a small bay, some 250 m across, on the north coast of Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group of New Zealand. With a jetty at its western end, it is the main point of access by sea to the island.

The vicinity of the bay also holds the island's primary school, its church and its only tourist accommodation – the Flowerpot Bay Lodge.[1] The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of endangered Pitt shags, with 75 nests recorded in 1998.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flowerpot Bay Lodge . 2012-11-17 . Homepage . Flowerpot Bay Lodge .
  2. Web site: Chatham Islands (Flowerpot) . 2012-11-17 . BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas . BirdLife International . 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ . 2007-07-10 .
  3. Web site: MCSPOP2010-02 Chatham Island and Pitt Island Shag census 2011 . 2012-11-16 . Debski, Igor . Bell, Mike . Palmer, Dan . Department of Conservation, New Zealand .