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Foveaux Strait is the strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
 between the South Island, New Zealand on the north side, with the three large bays Te Waewae Bay
Te Waewae Bay

Te Waewae Bay is the westernmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Oreti Beach and Toetoes Bay....
, Oreti Beach
Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay....
 and Toetoes Bay
Toetoes Bay

Toetoes Bay is the easternmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Oreti Beach....
, and the Solander Islands
Solander Islands

The Solander Islands are a small chain of uninhabited volcano islets lying at , close to the western end of the Foveaux Strait in southern New Zealand....
, Stewart Island/Rakiura
Stewart Island/Rakiura

Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island of New Zealand. It lies south of South Island, across Foveaux Strait. Its permanent population is slightly fewer than 400 people, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban, New Zealand....
 and Ruapuke Island
Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealand's main chain of islands. It lies 15 kilometres to the southeast of Bluff, New Zealand and 32 kilometres northeast of Oban, New Zealand on Stewart Island/Rakiura....
 on the south. Its European discoverer was Owen Folger Smith in 1804 and it is named after Joseph Foveaux
Joseph Foveaux

Joseph Foveaux was a soldier and convict settlement administrator in colonial New South Wales, Australia.Foveaux was baptized on 6 April 1767 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, the sixth child of Joseph Foveaux and his wife Elizabeth, n?e Wheeler....
 who was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales at the time.






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Foveaux Strait is the strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
 between the South Island, New Zealand on the north side, with the three large bays Te Waewae Bay
Te Waewae Bay

Te Waewae Bay is the westernmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Oreti Beach and Toetoes Bay....
, Oreti Beach
Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay....
 and Toetoes Bay
Toetoes Bay

Toetoes Bay is the easternmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Oreti Beach....
, and the Solander Islands
Solander Islands

The Solander Islands are a small chain of uninhabited volcano islets lying at , close to the western end of the Foveaux Strait in southern New Zealand....
, Stewart Island/Rakiura
Stewart Island/Rakiura

Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island of New Zealand. It lies south of South Island, across Foveaux Strait. Its permanent population is slightly fewer than 400 people, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban, New Zealand....
 and Ruapuke Island
Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealand's main chain of islands. It lies 15 kilometres to the southeast of Bluff, New Zealand and 32 kilometres northeast of Oban, New Zealand on Stewart Island/Rakiura....
 on the south. Its European discoverer was Owen Folger Smith in 1804 and it is named after Joseph Foveaux
Joseph Foveaux

Joseph Foveaux was a soldier and convict settlement administrator in colonial New South Wales, Australia.Foveaux was baptized on 6 April 1767 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, the sixth child of Joseph Foveaux and his wife Elizabeth, n?e Wheeler....
 who was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales at the time. The strait is about 130 km long (from Ruapuke Island to Little Solander Island), and it widens (from 14 km at Ruapuke Island
Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealand's main chain of islands. It lies 15 kilometres to the southeast of Bluff, New Zealand and 32 kilometres northeast of Oban, New Zealand on Stewart Island/Rakiura....
 to 50 km at Te Waewae Bay
Te Waewae Bay

Te Waewae Bay is the westernmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Oreti Beach and Toetoes Bay....
) and deepens (from 20 to 120 m) from east to west.

Rakiura and Foveaux Strait From Bluff Hill
On the north side of the strait is the harbour of Bluff
Bluff, New Zealand

Bluff is a town and seaport in the Southland, New Zealand region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southern-most town in New Zealand and, despite Slope Point being further to the south, is colloquially used to refer to the southern extremity of the country ....
. On the south side is Stewart Island/Rakiura.

The strait is a rough and often treacherous stretch of water. In 2006, six muttonbird
Sooty Shearwater

The Sooty Shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand it is also known by its Maori language name titi and as "muttonbird", like its relatives the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and the Australian Short-tailed Shearwater ....
ers died when their trawler sank while returning to Bluff. During the previous ten years, another six incidents occurred in the Strait, costing eight lives.

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