Cooks Beach (Pukaki) | |
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Coordinates: 36°50′17″S 175°44′20″E / 36.838°S 175.739°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Waikato |
District | Thames-Coromandel District |
Ward | Mercury Bay ward |
Community Board | Mercury Bay Community |
Electorates | |
Government | |
• Council | Thames-Coromandel District Council |
Area | |
• Total | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 620 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Cooks Beach (Pukaki) is a town on a three-kilometre white-sand beach on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. To its north is Cooks Bay, and beyond that is Mercury Bay. To the east is the locality of Hahei and the tourist attraction of Cathedral Cove. Roads to the south connect to SH 25. On the northwest, Shakespeare Cliff is a scenic reserve with a lookout point.[3][4]
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