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Kōrero: Nearshore islands

Pelorus Sound

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Pelorus Sound

The many islands in the Marlborough Sounds, at the northern tip of the South Island, were formed when valleys were drowned as the sea rose. This view looks north over Pelorus Sound.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN10381/28

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Nearshore islands – A nation of islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13008/pelorus-sound (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.