Pelorus Sound is the largest of the sounds which make up the Marlborough Sounds at the north of the South Island, New Zealand.
Moetapu Bay in inner Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere
The Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Pelorus aground at low water. Pelorus Sound is named after this ship.
A vessel moored up against a mussel long line
Kenepuru Sound at sunset during an oceanographic voyage in 2008
The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. According to Māori mythology, the sounds are the prows of the many sunken waka of Aoraki.
Tory Channel, a major arm of Queen Charlotte Sound.
The Sounds visible to the left of the Space Shuttle, image taken from the International Space Station
The Marlborough Sounds as seen from the Wellington-Picton ferry.