View source for Colville Channel

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox body of water 
| name = Colville Channel
| image = Sandy Bay.png
| caption = View of [[Great Barrier Island]] and the Colville Channel from Sanby Bay on the [[Coromandel Peninsula]]
|alt = view of Great Barrier island and the Colville Channel from Sandy Bay
| elevation =  
| elevation_ref = 
| pushpin_map = New Zealand
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[Auckland Region]]
| pushpin_map_alt = Location in the Auckland Region
| location = [[Auckland Region]], [[New Zealand]]
| coordinates = {{coord|-36.392|175.426|type:waterbody|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| part_of = [[Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana]]
}}

The '''Colville Channel''' is one of three channels connecting the [[Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana]] with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of [[Auckland]], New Zealand.<ref>{{LINZ|38753|Colville Channel|2010-04-12}}</ref> It is the easternmost channel, lying between the southern end of [[Great Barrier Island]] and [[Cape Colville]] at the northern tip of the [[Coromandel Peninsula]]. The tiny [[Channel Island (New Zealand)|Channel Island]] lies in the centre of the channel.

The other two channels are the [[Cradock Channel]] and the [[Jellicoe Channel]].

==References==
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{{Thames-Coromandel District}}

[[Category:Hauraki Gulf]]
[[Category:Straits of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Great Barrier Island]]
[[Category:Thames-Coromandel District]]
[[Category:Landforms of the Auckland Region]]


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