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.
Flowerpot Bay | |
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 Flowerpot Bay in 1877 | |
 Pitt Island, Flowerpot Bay is located on the north coast | |
  Flowerpot Bay Location of Flowerpot Bay, east of New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 44°14′24″S 176°16′54″W / 44.24000°S 176.28167°W | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territorial authority | Chatham Islands |
| Island | Pitt Island |
| Time zone | Chatham Standard Time Zone |
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]
References
edit- ^ "Flowerpot Bay Lodge". Homepage. Flowerpot Bay Lodge. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Chatham Islands (Flowerpot)". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ Debski, Igor; Bell, Mike; Palmer, Dan. "MCSPOP2010-02 Chatham Island and Pitt Island Shag census 2011" (PDF). Department of Conservation, New Zealand. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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