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: “Estrecho Foveaux”, “Foveaux-Straße”, “Foveauxstraat”, “Te Ara a Kiwa”, “फोवेक्स जलसन्धि”, and “弗佛海峽”

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: “福沃海峡”
  • Chinese: “福沃海峽”
  • Czech: “Foveauxův průliv”
  • 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: “Foveauxstrasse”
  • German: “Foveauxstraße”
  • Hebrew: “מצר פובו”
  • Hindi: “फोवो जलसन्धि”
  • Hungarian: “Foveaux-szoros”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Foveaux Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Фово”
  • Welsh: “Culfor Foveaux”

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