Editing North Island (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Egmont National Park, December 2015, New Zealand (42).JPG|thumb|[[Egmont National Park]]]]
[[File:Carte postale -10 (17074160108).jpg|thumb|[[Tongariro National Park]]]]
[[File:Mount_Ruapehu_Autumn.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Ruapehu]], the highest point on the North Island]]
[[File:Mt_Taranaki,_New_Plymouth,_New_Zealand.jpg|thumb|View of [[Mount Taranaki]] from [[New Plymouth]]]]
{{main|Geography of the North Island}}

During the [[Last Glacial Period]] when sea levels were over 100 metres lower than present day levels, the North and South islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the [[South Taranaki Bight]].<ref name="Niwa">{{Cite web |title=Estuary origins |work=NIWA |date=6 June 2017 |url=https://niwa.co.nz/te-kuwaha/tools-and-resources/ng%C4%81-waihotanga-iho-the-estuary-monitoring-toolkit-for-iwi/estuary-origins |publisher=[[National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research]] |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=2 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102223327/https://niwa.co.nz/te-kuwaha/tools-and-resources/ng%C4%81-waihotanga-iho-the-estuary-monitoring-toolkit-for-iwi/estuary-origins |url-status=live }}</ref> During this period, most of the North Island was covered in [[Thorn forest|thorn scrubland and forest]], while the modern-day [[Northland Peninsula]] was a [[Laurel forest|subtropical rainforest]].<ref name="Ray">{{cite journal |last1=Ray |first1=N. |last2=Adams |first2=J.M. |title=A GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000–15,000 BP) |journal=Internet Archaeology |volume=11 |year=2001 |issue=11 |url=https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue11/2/toc.html |doi=10.11141/ia.11.2 |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121014907/https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue11/2/toc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sea levels began to rise 7,000 years ago, eventually separating the islands and linking the [[Cook Strait]] to the [[Tasman Sea]].<ref name="Niwa"/>

===Bays and coastal features===
*[[Bay of Islands]]
*[[Bay of Plenty]]
*[[Hauraki Gulf]]
*[[Firth of Thames]]
*[[Hawke Bay]]
*[[Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand|Ninety Mile Beach]]
*[[North Taranaki Bight]]
*[[South Taranaki Bight]]

===Lakes and rivers===
*[[Lake Taupō]]
*[[Waikato River]]
*[[Whanganui River]]

===Capes and peninsulas===
*[[Coromandel Peninsula]]
*[[Northland Peninsula]]
*[[Cape Palliser]]
*[[Cape Reinga]]
*[[East Cape]]
*[[North Cape (New Zealand)|North Cape]]

===Forests and national parks===
*[[Egmont National Park]]
*[[Tongariro National Park]]
*[[Waipoua Forest|Waipoua Kauri Forest]]
*[[Whanganui National Park]]
*and many [[forest parks of New Zealand]]

===Volcanology===
*[[Auckland Volcanic Field]]
*[[Mount Ruapehu]]
*[[Mount Taranaki]] (''Taranaki Maunga'')
*[[Mount Tarawera]]
*[[Whakaari / White Island]]
*[[North Island Volcanic Plateau]]

===Other===
*[[Waitomo Caves]]
*[[Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu]]