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Kōrero: Marlborough region

Kaikōura Canyon: bathymetric map

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Kaikōura Canyon: bathymetric map

In this bathymetric (sea-depth) map, the Kaikōura Canyon is the tongue of deeper sea floor (coloured green on the map) which abuts the South Island’s east coast at Kaikōura.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough region – Geology and landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/31737/kaikoura-canyon-bathymetric-map (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 1 November 2016.