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Mount Maunganui is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a tombolo, sand peninsula, to the northeast of Tauranga's city center.
Mount Maunganui is also the name of the large lava dome formed two to three million years ago at the end of the peninsula.
The official Maori name for The Mount is Mauao.
Pilot Bay Beach is located on interior bay side and is only two blocks away from the outer beach on the Pacific Ocean.
This beautiful little protected beach a sandy shoreline with a grassy parkway behind fronts a two-block-deep residential and commercial area.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON MOUNT MAUNGANUI
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Overview from a cruise ship of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
Pilot Bay Beach as seen from the harbour, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
Salisbury Wharf, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
On the far side of the tombolo you can see the Pacific Ocean and rocks.
Pleasant boardwalk along Pilot Bay Beach, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
Looking north along Pilot Bay Beach, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
The Princess Sun cruise ship can be seen docked at the south end of Pilot Bay Beach, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
Catamarans beached along Pilot Bay Beach, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
The Mount, Mauao, a lava dome at the north end of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 2018.
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page last revised april 2018