Pelorus Sound
Pelorus Sound is the largest of the sounds which make up the Marlborough Sounds 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: sound in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere”
Pelorus Sound
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Maori—“Pelorus Sound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pelorus Sound (estretso)”
- Cebuano: “Pelorus Sound (luuk sa Marlborough, lat -41,09, long 173,90)”
- Cebuano: “Pelorus Sound (luuk sa Marlborough, lat -41,15, long 173,86)”
- Cebuano: “Pelorus Sound”
- Dutch: “Pelorus Sound”
- French: “Baie de Pelorus”
- French: “Pelorus Sound”
- French: “Te Hoiere”
- German: “Pelorus Sound”
- German: “Pelorus Sound/Te Hoiere”
- Italian: “Pelorus Sound”
- Maori: “Te Hoiere”
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