Southland
Fiordland National Park
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Milford Sound

Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a spectacular glacier-carved fiord and town in on the west coast of and is one of New Zealand's most well known scenic attractions.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: fiord in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island
  • Also known as: “Milford Sound / Piopiotahi” and “Piopiotahi”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milford Sound Airport and Bowen Falls.

Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Wrigley, CC BY 2.0.
is a small but very busy airport in , in New Zealand's Fiordland region of the . It is mainly used by tourist / flightseeing operators.

Waterfall
Photo: Jenny, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as Lady , is a popular tourist attraction at Milford Sound, a fiord in New Zealand. The 9-kilometre long located in supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named Milford Sound.

River
Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a river of New Zealand in Fiordland, Southland. It flows into the head of Milford Sound.

Milford Sound

Latitude
-44.6718° or 44° 40′ 19″ south
Longitude
167.9255° or 167° 55′ 32″ east
Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)
Open location code
4V798WHG+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 175385006
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2186843
Wiki­data ID
Q187197
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Satellite Map

Discover Milford Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Milford Sound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميلفورد ساوند”
  • Arabic: “ميلفورد”
  • Aragonese: “Milford Sound”
  • Armenian: “Միլֆորդ ծոց”
  • Asturian: “Milford Sound”
  • Basque: “Milford Sound / Piopiotahi”
  • Basque: “Milford Sound”
  • Bengali: “মিলফোর্ড সাউন্ড”
  • Catalan: “Milford Sound / Piopiotahi”
  • Catalan: “Milford Sound”
  • Cebuano: “Milford Sound/Piopiotahi”
  • Cebuano: “Milford Sound”
  • Chinese: “米佛峽灣”
  • Chinese: “米爾福德峽灣”
  • Czech: “Milford Sound”
  • Danish: “Milford Sound”
  • Dutch: “Milford Sound”
  • Finnish: “Milford Sound”
  • French: “Milford Sound”
  • Galician: “Milford Sound / Piopiotahi”
  • German: “Milford Sound”
  • German: “Milford Sound/Piopiotahi”
  • Hebrew: “מילפורד סאונד”
  • Hungarian: “Milford Sound”
  • Indonesian: “Milford Sound”
  • Italian: “Milford Sound”
  • Japanese: “ミルフォード・サウンド”
  • Javanese: “Milford Sound”
  • Korean: “밀퍼드 사운드”
  • Lithuanian: “Milfordo įlanka”
  • Lithuanian: “Milfordo sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Милфордски Теснец”
  • Maori: “Piopiotahi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Milford Sound”
  • Persian: “تنگه میلفورد”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Milforda”
  • Portuguese: “Milford Sound”
  • Russian: “Милфорд-Саунд”
  • Russian: “Милфорд”
  • Serbian: “Милфорд Саунд”
  • Serbian: “Милфордски залив”
  • Slovenian: “Milford Sound/Piopiotahi”
  • Spanish: “Milford Sound”
  • Spanish: “Milford Sounds”
  • Swedish: “Milford Sound”
  • Turkish: “Milford Sound”
  • Ukrainian: “Мілфордська затока”
  • Uzbek: “‘Milford ovozi’ sayyohlik yoʻnalishi”
  • Uzbek: “„Milford ovozi“ sayyohlik yoʻnalishi”
  • Vietnamese: “Milford Sound”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Milford Sound”
  • Welsh: “Swnt Milford”

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