Venus Bay (New Zealand)

Venus Bay is located on Perseverance Harbour on New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island. It was named for an 1874 French astronomical expedition to view the Transit of Venus, which set up camp at the site. As a result of the expedition, many of Campbell Island's landforms have French names, including Mount Fizeau and Mount Dumas.

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v t e Campbell Islands, New Zealand
Birds of the Campbell Islands
Islands	Campbell Island Dent Island Jacquemart Island Folly Island
Mountains	Mount Dumas Mount Fizeau Mount Honey
Bays	Perseverance Harbour Venus Bay
Marine reserves	Moutere Ihupuku / Campbell Island Marine Reserve
Endemic species	Abrotanella rosulata Acanthomurus rivalis Asaphodes campbellensis Campbell albatross Campbell Island cattle Campbell Island sheep Campbell shag Campbell snipe Campbell teal Campbellana Cryptopygus campbellensis Friesea litoralis Mallobathra campbellica Neoramia hoggi Parakatianna salmoni Pholcomma hickmani Rayforstia wisei Waipoua gressitti Zelandanura
Expeditions	1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island Cape Expedition Ross expedition Botany of Lord Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition

52°33′37″S 169°08′29″E / 52.5604°S 169.1414°E / -52.5604; 169.1414

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