Pelorus Sound

Pelorus Sound is the largest of the sounds which make up the at the north of the South Island, New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds is a system of drowned river valleys, which were formed after the last ice age around 10,000 years ago.
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Locality
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is a small locality in Waihinau Bay in the outer Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. It can be reached by 77 km of winding, mostly unsealed, road from . is situated 7 km north of Pelorus Sound.

Pelorus Sound

Latitude
-41° or 41° south
Longitude
173.96667° or 173° 58′ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
4VFM2X28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2184709
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