Colville Channel

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{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]].

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