Te Moana-o-Raukawa

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Te Moana-o-Raukawa is the Māori name for the strait of water separating New Zealand’s North and South Islands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Te Moana-o-Raukawa canonical 1
The Sea of Raukawa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
geographical feature
strait
connects South Pacific Ocean
Tasman Sea
country New Zealand
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Māori
hasEnglishName Cook Strait
hasMajorPort Picton
Wellington
hasMaximumDepth about 420 metres
hasMinimumWidth about 22 kilometres
hasNameMeaning Te Moana-o-Raukawa self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Sea of Raukawa
hasNotableFeature Cook Strait Canyon
isBetween Marlborough
Wellington
isTraditionalBoundaryBetween New Zealand North Island
surface form: Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island)

Te Waipounamu
surface form: Te Waipounamu (South Island)
knownFor rough seas
strong tidal currents
locatedIn New Zealand region
namedInLanguage Māori language
partOf South Pacific Ocean
territorial waters of New Zealand
separates North Island
South Island
subjectOf Māori traditions and legends
traversedBy Bluebridge ferry
Interislander ferry
usedBy ferry services between North Island and South Island

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cook Strait hasIndigenousName Te Moana-o-Raukawa
Te Moana-o-Raukawa hasNameMeaning Te Moana-o-Raukawa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Sea of Raukawa