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It is located near the entrance of Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, west of nearby Motuara Island and Long Island. Explorer James Cook anchored his ships here and hence named it Ship Cove ; however, in 2014 the official name was altered to "Meretoto / Ship Cove", to reflect its original Māori name. [ 1 ]
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 ...
A Soviet passenger liner that ran aground in the Marlborough Sounds 41°02′32″S 174°13′10″E / 41.042087°S 174.219496°E / -41.042087; 174.219496 ( MS Mikhail Lermontov RMS Niagara
Took on water after the steering failed, and sank near Pack Point in Doubtful Sound 12 m aluminium catamaran nil [188] [321] Sharcaree: Capsized near Chalky Inlet after being hit by a rogue wave 17.71 m wooden fishing boat nil [188] [322] Governor: Wrecked near Yates Point when the net snagged. 11.5 m fishing boat 2 [188] [323] Amethyst: 2013
MS Mikhail Lermontov, launched in 1972, was the last of the five "poet" ships: Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko, Alexandr Pushkin (later became Marco Polo), Shota Rustaveli and Mikhail Lermontov, named after famous Ukrainian, Georgian and Russian writers (Ivan Franko and Taras Shevchenko being Ukrainian, and Shota Rustaveli being Georgian), built to the same design at V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft ...
"The Marlborough Sounds" is a local term for a complex of bays and inlets on the northern tip of the South Island, which comprises three main sounds: Kenepuru Sound; Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere; Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui
Pages in category "Marlborough Sounds" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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