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  2. Marlborough Sounds - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Meretoto / Ship Cove - Wikipedia

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    The entrance to the sound was a jumping-off point between the North Island and the South Island. The cove was valued by Māori as a place of shelter before crossing the Cook Strait and as a place to rest up after the trip. [6] In the late 1770s, people did not live permanently at the cove. They came to fish and gather seasonal foods in the ...

  4. MS Mikhail Lermontov - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Cook Strait - Wikipedia

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    Cook Strait attracted European settlers in the early 19th century. Because of its use as a whale migration route, whalers established bases in the Marlborough Sounds and in the Kāpiti area. [6] [7] From the late 1820s until the mid-1960s Arapaoa Island was a base for whaling in the Sounds. Perano Head on the east coast of the island was the ...

  6. Port Underwood - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Waikawa, Marlborough - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. File:Long Island, Marlborough Sounds.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Category:Marlborough Sounds - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Marlborough Sounds" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...