Cable Bay

Rotokura / Cable Bay is a bay and small settlement 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Nelson in New Zealand. The settlement at the head of the bay is at the southern end of a thin strip of land or causeway connecting Pepin Island with the South Island.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "red glow of sunset on the water" for Rotokura.

The bay itself is a 600 metres (2,000 ft) wide, northwest-facing bay in the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere. It lies just north of the Horoirangi Marine Reserve, between the tidal island Pepin Island and the mainland. It provides a natural boulder barrier from the sea for the Wakapuaka estuary.

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