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To the north of its mouth is the large Resolution Island, whose Five Fingers Peninsula shelters the mouth of the sound from the northwest; along the east coast of the island, Acheron Passage connects Dusky Sound with Breaksea Sound, to the north. Several large islands lie in the sound, notably Anchor Island, Long Island, and Cooper Island. The ...
Simple map of the Doubtful Sound complex of fiords and islands. Doubtful Sound lies deep within the Fiordland National Park, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the nearest inhabited place, the small town of Manapouri, and is surrounded by mountainous terrain with peaks typically reaching 1,300–1,600 metres (4,300–5,200 ft). Along the coast ...
Map of Fiordland National Park. The following is a list of the sounds and inlets or similar features which punctuate the coast of Fiordland, in southwestern New Zealand, in geographic order from north to south:
First map of New Zealand 1644 and Map of the Pacific Ocean, showing the fictitious great southern continent 1690. Map of New Zealand by James Cook 1770, next to the modern version. Sketch of Dusky Sound in New Zealand 1773 and plan of the town and part of the settlement of New Plymouth 1850.
Juvenile kākāpō on Anchor Island in Dusky Sound. Pukenui is home to the endangered species kākāpō. The first kākāpō were transferred to Pukenui in 2005 after stoat eradication in 2001. These birds are managed by the Kākāpō Recovery Team, which is a part of the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Long Island is an island in Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island.It lies within Tamatea / Dusky Sound, to the southeast of Resolution Island, and is separated from it and the South island mainland by Bowen Channel to the north, and from the South Island mainland by Cook Channel to the south.
The Seaforth River is a river in New Zealand, flowing into Dusky Sound. [1] About 9 km (5.6 mi) and 41 m (135 ft) up from Supper Cove in Dusky Sound is Lake Maree. The river rises about another 20 km (12 mi) to the north, on the slopes of the Black Giants, at about 1,300 m (4,300 ft). [2]
Location: Fiordland: Coordinates Area: 17.79 km 2 (6.87 sq ... It lies within Tamatea / Dusky Sound, east of Long Island.