Diving at Three Kings Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
13 uninhabited islands about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga, New Zealand
About Diving at Three Kings Islands
The Three Kings Islands is a small archipelago of 13 islands about 55 km (34 mi) to the northwest ofCape Reinga, the northwesternmost point ofNorth Island,New Zealand. The archipelago consists of two groups: To the west, the small islands, West Island, Princes Islands and Southwest Island, and to the east, Great Island and Northeast Island. They are on the Three Kings Bank which is separated from the New Zealand mainland by an 8-km-wide, 200- to 300-m-deep trough. The islands are called Manawa-tawhi or Ngā Motu Karaka in Māori. They were named Drie Koningen Eyland by Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1643 on 6 January, the date on which the visit of the biblical three kings to the Christ child is celebrated. Three Kings Island is a nature reserve administered by the Department of Cons
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