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The Marlborough Sounds (te reo Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka) are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. [1] According to Māori mythology, the sounds are the prows of the many sunken waka of ...
Charles Sound Fishing vessel nil [79] [304] Hercules: Near South Arm of George Sound 11.62 m plywood and fibreglass-hulled fishing vessel nil [83] [305] Tiki: Near Secretary Island: 8 m fishing vessel 2 [172] [306] Valkyr: Caught fire off the coast between Doubtful and Dagg sounds and abandoned by the crew 15 m fishing vessel nil [172] [307] Jo ...
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shipwreck 11 May 1865: 240 km off the Chatham Islands: 75: SS Penguin: shipwreck 12 Feb 1909: off Cape Terawhiti: 68 [7] General Grant: shipwreck May 1866: Auckland Island: 10 castaways survived the wreck and were successfully rescued. 65 [8] Brunner Mine disaster: mine explosion 26 Mar 1896: Brunner: 65 [9] 2nd Little Waihi Landslide landslide ...
Meretoto / Ship Cove is a small bay in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, renowned as the first place of prolonged contact between Māori and Europeans. [1] It is located near the entrance of Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, west of nearby Motuara Island and Long Island.
Endeavour Inlet (Māori: Panaruawhiti) is a large inlet of Queen Charlotte Sound, part of New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds. It lies north-east of Bay of Many Coves / Miritū Bay and south-west of Resolution Bay. [1] The inlet is home to a number of retreats, including Furneaux Lodge and Punga Cove.
Te Whanganui / Port Underwood is a sheltered harbour which forms the north-east extension of Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay at the northeast of New Zealand's South Island, on the east coast of the Marlborough Sounds. [1] With only a relatively narrow entrance to the south-south-east it is sheltered from almost all winds.