Talk:Aupōuri Peninsula

Tombolo?
Could somebody who knows the region confirm the tombolo claim? It's described as a peninsula, which isn't the same thing, repeatedly and none of the description sounds like a tombolo, i.e. the article doesn't even say what island is connected to North Island by the tombolo, or how it was formed and what of. Joe D (t) 11:11, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree with Joe D. Tombolos are made of sand or shingle, and connect to an island, and arent usually that wide. Also, this feature seems to have a hook on the end (not an island), and has some sort of marsh to the eastern end. That to me would infer that Aupouri was merely a spit - if it is made of beach material (it looks too green to be made from the effects of deposition). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.42.154 (talk • contribs)


 * While the peninsula is fairly old (about 100,000 years), I understand it is a tombolo that connects what was previously an archipelago of small islands to the rest of the North Island. The "hook" at the end was one of these old islands (see North Cape), and is not a depositional landform. I'll add a relevant reference. -- Avenue (talk) 12:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Sealed roads
There are few road, and the main one is sealed. The sparse population is not the reason for the road not having been sealed, but the remoteness of the peninsula.Royalcourtier (talk) 03:35, 22 November 2016 (UTC)