Cook Strait
Americannoun
noun
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With the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North and South Islands in the way, the easiest option was to take a domestic flight — one of hundreds that zip across the country every day.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
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
“We are aware vessels left Picton this morning to cross the Cook Strait to Wellington,” said Nigel Clifford, a deputy director at Maritime New Zealand.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
The nation’s research community has a collaborative, can-do attitude — as Goetz’s Cook Strait survey attests.
From Nature ● Sep. 3, 2018
They turned into Cook Strait, and anchored in Queen Charlotte Sound, a lovely harbour, but surrounded by high hills clothed in dark and heavy forests.
From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Sutherland, Alexander
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