Foveaux Strait
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Foveaux Strait is a strait that separates Stewart Island from the South Island of New Zealand. The width of the strait ranges from about 23 to 53 km, and the depth varies between 18 and 46 m. The earl
Some sources set Waipapa Point as the Foveaux Strait's boundary
Wreck of the SS Tarurua, near Waipapa Point
Codfish Island (Whenua Hou)
Paterson Inlet (Whaka A Te Wera)
Oban, New Zealand
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Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay, and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet.
Foveaux Strait
…of New South Wales in Australia. Ferry services across Foveaux Strait began in 1877 and continue to operate regularly between Bluff Harbour and Oban. The strait has been described as "one of the roughest and most unpredictable stretches of water in the world". Severe weather and sea conditions in…
Overlooking Oban and Halfmoon Bay
The centre of Oban, 2020
Rakiura Museum, 2023
Halfmoon Bay School, 2023