Cook Strait

English

Etymology

Named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770.

Proper noun

Cook Strait

  1. A strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.

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