Akuna Bay, New South Wales
{{about|the urban locality|the bay that provides the locality with its name|Akuna Bay}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian place| type = other
| name = Akuna Bay
| city = Sydney
| state = nsw
| image = AkunaBayMarinaSydney.jpg
| caption = Boats moored at Akuna Bay Marina
| lga = Northern Beaches Council
| stategov = Pittwater
| fedgov = Mackellar
| postcode = 2084
| est =
| pop =
| area =
| near-nw = Akuna Bay
| near-n = Akuna Bay
| near-ne = Akuna Bay
| near-w = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
| near-e = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
| near-sw = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
| near-s = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
| near-se = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
| dist1 = 38
| dir1 = north
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}
Akuna Bay is an urban place in Sydney, Australia. Akuna Bay is located {{convert|38|km}} north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council.
Akuna Bay sits in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park{{cite map|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/ku-ring-gai-chase-national-park/akuna-bay/picnic-bbq/map|title=Akuna Bay|publisher=NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service|date=2014|access-date=11 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623114044/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/ku-ring-gai-chase-national-park/akuna-bay/picnic-bbq/map|archive-date=23 June 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and takes its name{{NSW GNR|id=MnYbWy|title=Akuna Bay (bay)}} from the bay on Coal and Candle Creek. It can be accessed by a marina on the bay or by Liberator General San Martin Drive.
History
Akuna was thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning to follow.{{NSW GNR|id=JPIOWyUl|title=Akuna Bay (urban place)}} It actually is a mangled version of the Dieri word ngaka-rna meaning "to flow" from South Australia.{{cite web | url=http://www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2014/07/what-flows-from-ngaka-rna-how-naming-books-spread-a-dieri-word/ | title=What flows from ngaka-rna : How naming books spread a Dieri word | date=15 July 2014 }}
In 1972 the construction of a marina was proposed and it was completed in 1974.{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/20938838|title=Environmental impact study on a proposed marina and facilities at Akuna Bay, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, New South Wales|last=Philip Cox|first=Storey & Partners|date=1972|publisher=[Australia : Philip Cox, Storey & Partners|language=en}}
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{{Coord|-33.648|151.235|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=title}}
{{Sydney Warringah suburbs}}
{{Sydney Pittwater suburbs}}
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