Foveaux Strait
Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | Straits | Southland, New Zealand | New Zealand coastline
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Location of Foveaux Strait
Foveaux Strait is the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura of New Zealand. Its European discoverer was Owen Folger Smith in 1804 and it is named after Joseph Foveaux who was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales at the time.
On the north side of the strait is the harbour of Bluff. On the south side is Stewart Island/Rakiura.
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