Foveaux Strait

Foveaux Strait is a strait that separates from the of New Zealand. The width of the strait ranges from about 23 to 53 km, and the depth varies between 18 and 46 m.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in New Zealand between Stewart Island / Rakiura and South Island / Te Waipounamu
  • Also known as: Te Ara-a-Kiwa

Foveaux Strait

Latitude
-46.70843° or 46° 42′ 30″ south
Longitude
168.01009° or 168° 0′ 36″ east
Open location code
4V5C72R6+J2
Geo­Names ID
6203233
Wiki­data ID
Q1043467
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Foveaux Strait” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Estrechu de Foveaux
  • Azerbaijani: Fovo boğazı
  • Catalan: estret Foveaux
  • Catalan: Estret Foveaux
  • Cebuano: Foveaux Strait
  • Chinese: 弗佛海峽
  • Chinese: 福沃海峡
  • Chinese: 福沃海峽
  • Czech: Foveauxův průliv
  • Dutch: Foveauxstraat
  • Dutch: Straat Foveaux
  • Esperanto: Markolo Foveaux
  • Estonian: Foveaux‘ väin
  • Estonian: Foveaux’ väin
  • Finnish: Foveaux’nsalmi
  • French: détroit de Foveaux
  • French: Détroit de Foveaux
  • Georgian: ფოვოს სრუტე
  • German: Foveaux Strait
  • German: Foveaux-Straße
  • German: Foveauxstrasse
  • German: Foveauxstraße
  • Hebrew: מצר פובו
  • Hindi: फोवेक्स जलसन्धि
  • Hindi: फोवो जलसन्धि
  • Hungarian: Foveaux-szoros
  • Hungarian: Te Ara a Kiwa
  • Indonesian: Selat Foveaux
  • Italian: Stretto di Foveaux
  • Japanese: フォーボー海峡
  • Korean: 포보 해협
  • Lithuanian: Fovo sąsiauris
  • Macedonian: Фовоов Проток
  • Maori: Te Ara-a-Kiwa
  • Newari: फोवो जलसन्धि
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Foveaux-sundet
  • Polish: Cieśnina Foveaux
  • Portuguese: Estreito de Foveaux
  • Russian: Фово
  • Slovak: Foveauxov prieliv
  • Slovenian: Foveaux Strait
  • Spanish: Estrecho de Foveaux
  • Spanish: Estrecho Foveaux
  • Turkish: Foveaux Boğazı
  • Ukrainian: Фово
  • Welsh: Culfor Foveaux

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Foveaux Strait”. Photo: Du Hugin Skulblaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.