Cook Strait

American  

noun

1. a strait in New Zealand between North and South Islands.

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Cook Strait British  

noun

1. the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)

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Example Sentences

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

The nation’s research community has a collaborative, can-do attitude — as Goetz’s Cook Strait survey attests.

From Nature • Sep. 3, 2018

One day, we were catching 25-knot gusts on whitecaps at the edge of Cook Strait.

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 Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)