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Fiordland's landscape is characterised by deep fiords along the coast.....and U-shaped valleys carved by glaciers. Fiordland (Māori: Te Rua-o-te-Moko, "The Pit of Tattooing", [1] [2] and also translated as "the Shadowlands"), is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland.
Fiordland National Park is a national park in the south-west corner of South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 13 national parks in New Zealand , with an area covering 12,607 km 2 (4,868 sq mi), [ 1 ] and a major part of the Te Wāhipounamu a UNESCO World Heritage Site established in 1990.
The fiords of New Zealand (Māori: tai matapari "bluff sea" [1] [2]) are all located in the southwest of the South Island, in a mountainous area known as Fiordland. A fiord is a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes, which results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley .
Milford Sound (Māori: Piopiotahi, officially gazetted as Milford Sound / Piopiotahi) is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site.
Manapouri is a small town in Southland / Fiordland, in the southwest corner of the South Island, in New Zealand. The township is the westernmost municipality in New Zealand. [3] Located at the edge of the Fiordland National Park, on the eastern shore of Lake Manapouri, close to its outflow into the Waiau River, tourist boat services are based ...
Milford Sound village covers 8.34 km 2 (3.22 sq mi), [1] and is part of the much larger but almost entirely unpopulated Fiordland statistical area. [15] The village had a population of 105 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 9 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census, and unchanged since the 2006 census. There were 0 households ...
Doubtful Sound / Patea is a fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. It is located in the same region as the smaller but more famous and accessible Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. It took second place after Milford Sound as New Zealand's most famous tourism destination. [1]
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