Bombay Hills, New Zealand

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The Bombay Hills are a range of hills to the south of Auckland, New Zealand. Though only a small and seemingly insignificant range of hills, they lie at the southern boundary of the Auckland Region, and serve as a divide between Auckland and the Waikato region.^[1] There is a 19th century settlement, Bombay, on the old main road south of Auckland, the Great South Road.

Contents 1 Location 2 Bombay 3 Geology 4 Residents 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Location

The hills are located 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Auckland, close to the town of Pukekohe. State Highway 1 here reaches its highest point between Auckland and Tirau in the eastern Waikato Region, 134 kilometres (83.3 miles) to the southeast.

[edit] Bombay

The settlement of Bombay and hence the Bombay Hills are not directly named after the Indian city of Bombay (now Mumbai), but rather after the ship Bombay, which landed in Auckland and bought settlers to the area, originally called Williamson's Clearing, in 1863, see ^[2].

[edit] Geology

While they may appear to be just a spur of the Hunua Ranges, the Bombay Hills are geologically quite distinct, being mainly of volcanic origin.

[edit] Residents

The Bombay Hills boasts many famous Athletes such as Eric Murphy (Olympic Rower), Katherine Prumm (World Champion Motorcyclist) and Andy Dalton (Former All Black Captain).

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.michaelfield.org/bombay%20hills.htm Auckland's Bombay hills, the frontier July 9, 2006
2. ^ http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BombayHills/BombayHills/en (Bombay Hills in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand edited by A. H. McLintock)

[edit] External links

• Bombay Hills, New Zealand is at coordinates 37°12′39″S 175°01′19″E / -37.210781, 175.021992 (Bombay Hills, New Zealand)Coordinates: 37°12′39″S 175°01′19″E / -37.210781, 175.021992 (Bombay Hills, New Zealand)