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Omaha, New Zealand
Omaha is a small beach town on Omaha Bay in the Rodney District, in the north of New Zealand. It is located 74.7 km north of Auckland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://maps.google.co.nz/ )〕 It is on a sandspit that adjoins Tawharanui Peninsula and separates Whangateau Harbour from Omaha Bay. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth which is situated 16.8 km south west of Omaha.〔
==Geography==
The sandspit of Omaha was formed during the last glacial period, approximately 5000 to 6000 years BP. The beach sediment composition is over 70% quartz sand, which gifted Omaha the natural "white" appearance. There are three artificial groynes had been placed at northern part of the sandspit, to accumulate sediment from longshore drift. Local council in last two decades had been placing various groups of plant to stabilize the dunes, including spinifex, pingao and marram grass.
Omaha Spit has also been identified by the Department of Conservation as a "significant breeding site for the endangered New Zealand dotterel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/volunteer-join-or-start-a-project/join-a-group/auckland/omaha-shorebird-protection-trust/ )〕 As a result, The Omaha Shorebird Protection Trust was established in 2009 to monitor the dotterel population at Omaha.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://omahashorebirds.co.nz/ )〕
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