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Marlborough Sounds

Topographic map of the Marlborough Sounds
Tory Channel, a major arm of Queen Charlotte Sound.
The Sounds visible to the left of the Space Shuttle, image taken from the International Space Station

The Marlborough Sounds (te reo Māori: Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka) are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels.[1] According to Māori mythology, the sounds are the prows of the many sunken waka of Aoraki.[2]

  1. ^ Rocky coasts (from the Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DOCHIST was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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