Description
The bay is full of fishing boats and pleasure craft belonging to big-game anglers and divers. Kupe, the legendary Polynesian seafarer, is said to have fished here. It was here too that Captain Cook hoisted the British flag in 1769 and took possession of New Zealand in the name of George III; the scientists traveling with him observed the transit of Mercury, thereby giving the bay its name.
Attractions Near Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula