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Kōrero: Southland places

Charting the coast

The British navy vessel Acheron charted the coasts of New Zealand, including Fiordland in 1850–51. The insets on this chart show different stretches of water along the coast, including Dusky Sound, so named for the first time.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: NZ Map 883

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Grant, Southland places – Fiordland’s coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/20216/charting-the-coast (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.