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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 ...
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 ...
Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui [a] is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. In 2014, the sound was given the official name of Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui as part of a Waitangi Tribunal settlement with the Te Āti Awa tribe.
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Waikawa Bay opens onto Queen Charlotte Sound. [3] [4] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter water" for Waikawa. [5] Waikawa is an important New Zealand tourist destination because its large marina acts as gateway to the Marlborough Sounds and famous treks (hikes) such as the Queen Charlotte Track.
D'Urville Island (/ d ɜːr ˈ v ɪ l /), Māori name Rangitoto ki te Tonga, is the largest island in the Marlborough Sounds, on the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was named after the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville .
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 ...
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