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Foveaux Strait

Foveaux, FOH voh, Strait is a narrow channel that separates Stewart Island from South Island in New Zealand. The strait ranges from 15 to 21 miles (24 to 34 kilometers) wide, and surrounds Raupuke Island. A ferry runs across Foveaux Strait from Bluff on the south coast of South Island to Oban on Stewart Island. See also New Zealand; Stewart Island More »

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Cape Byron

Cape Byron is a steep headland on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is the most... More >>

Cape Farewell

Cape Farewell is the northernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand. A narrow belt of sand... More >>

Cape Leeuwin

Cape Leeuwin, LOO ihn, lies at the western end of Flinders Bay, on the southwestern coast of... More >>

Cape Maria van Diemen

Cape Maria van Diemen is in the extreme north of New Zealand. It is not really a cape of the... More >>

Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga is a point of land in the extreme north of New Zealand. A lighthouse on the headland... More >>

Cape Turnagain

Cape Turnagain is a headland on the southeastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. In... More >>

Cook Strait

Cook Strait is the stretch of water that separates the North Island of New Zealand from the South... More >>

Coromandel Peninsula

Coromandel, KAWR uh MAN duhl, Peninsula is a hilly headland extending northward from the main... More >>

Foveaux Strait

Foveaux, FOH voh, Strait is a narrow channel that separates Stewart Island from South Island in... More >>

Hawke Bay

Hawke Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It extends from the... More >>

Hawkes Bay

Hawkes Bay is a province on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. The province is the... More >>

Hay Point

Hay Point is an Australian port about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Mackay in Queensland. It... More >>

Hellespont

Hellespont, HEHL ih spont, is the former name of the strait between the Sea of Marmara and the... More >>

Raffles Bay

Raffles Bay is at the eastern end of the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory, Australia.... More >>

Saint George's Channel

Saint George's Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Wales from southern... More >>


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