Doubtful Sound

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  • Type: Sound
  • Description: fjord in New Zealand
  • Also known as: Doubtful Harbour”, “Doubtful Inlet”, “Doubtful Sound / Patea”, “Doubtful Sound/Patea”, and “Patea

Doubtful Sound

Latitude
-45.2833° or 45° 17′ south
Longitude
166.85° or 166° 51′ east
Elevation
405 metres (1,329 feet)
Open location code
4V68PV82+M2
Geo­Names ID
2191649
Wiki­data ID
Q575365
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Vietnamese—“Doubtful Sound” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Doubtful Sound
  • Basque: Doubtful Sound
  • Catalan: Doubtful Sound
  • Cebuano: Doubtful Sound/Patea
  • Cebuano: Doubtful Sound
  • Chinese: 道佛峽灣
  • Chinese: 道特福爾灣
  • Dutch: Doubtful Sound
  • Finnish: Doubtful Sound
  • French: Doubtful Sound
  • German: Doubtful Sound
  • German: Doubtful Sound/Patea
  • Hebrew: דאוטפול סאונד
  • Hungarian: Doubtful Sound
  • Japanese: ダウトフル・サウンド
  • Korean: 다우트풀 사운드
  • Macedonian: Даутфул
  • Maori: Pātea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Doubtful Sound
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Doubtful Sound
  • Norwegian: Doubtful Sound
  • Russian: Даутфул-Саунд
  • Spanish: Doubtful Sound
  • Vietnamese: Doubtful Sound

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