Cook Strait
Americannoun
noun
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In March, he set a new world record for the fastest swim across the Cook Strait - the waters between New Zealand's North and South Islands.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
Ferries that cross the Cook Strait to link the North and South Islands leave nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Spatial ecologist Kim Goetz prepares an acoustic recorder for deployment in New Zealand’s Cook Strait to capture the calls of marine mammals.
From Nature ● Sep. 3, 2018
At the place where one of the waterways, Queen Charlotte Sound, meets Cook Strait, uninhabited islands and rock formations rise out of the sea.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
The remaining weeks of the year 1843 were spent amongst the "Cook Strait settlements," in most of which good progress was evident.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
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