Flowerpot Bay | |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Oceania |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
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 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
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]