Cook Strait

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body of water strait

Cook Strait is the narrow, often turbulent body of water separating New Zealand’s North and South Islands, known for its strong currents and challenging maritime conditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cook Strait canonical	38
Cook Strait shipping route	1
Cook Strait transport corridor	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ strait ⓘ
climateInfluence	channel for westerly winds ⓘ exposed to southerly storms ⓘ
connects	South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ
connectsPorts	Picton ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
formsPartOf	boundary between New Zealand’s North and South Islands ⓘ
hasFerryService	Interislander ferry ⓘ surface form: Bluebridge ferry Interislander ferry ⓘ
hasHazard	high winds ⓘ steep seas ⓘ strong tidal rips ⓘ
hasIndigenousName	Te Moana-o-Raukawa ⓘ
hasIsland	Kapiti Island (near northern entrance) ⓘ Mana Island (near northern shore) ⓘ The Brothers (islands in the strait) ⓘ
hasLighthouse	Cape Campbell Lighthouse (on South Island side) ⓘ Pencarrow Head Lighthouse (near entrance) ⓘ The Brothers Lighthouse ⓘ
hasMajorCityOnShore	Wellington ⓘ
hasMajorTownOnShore	Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) ⓘ surface form: Nelson region (via Tasman Bay access) Picton ⓘ
hasReputationFor	challenging maritime conditions ⓘ strong currents ⓘ turbulent waters ⓘ
indigenousNameLanguage	Māori ⓘ
isPartOfShippingRoute	coastal shipping between New Zealand ports ⓘ
isUsedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ inter-island transport ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
knownFor	dangerous navigation ⓘ rapidly changing weather ⓘ rough seas ⓘ
locatedIn	southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: South Pacific region Southern Hemisphere ⓘ between North Island and South Island of New Zealand ⓘ
minimumWidth	about 14 miles ⓘ about 22 kilometres ⓘ
namedAfter	James Cook ⓘ
nameLanguage	English ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	complex tidal flows ⓘ strong tidal streams ⓘ wind-against-tide conditions ⓘ
partOf	South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
separates	North Island ⓘ surface form: North Island of New Zealand South Island ⓘ surface form: South Island of New Zealand

Referenced by (40)

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

North Island → hasStrait → Cook Strait ⓘ

Tasman Sea → boundedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

Tasman Sea → connectedTo → Cook Strait ⓘ

Wellington → locatedOn → Cook Strait ⓘ

South Island → borderedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

South Island → hasBodyOfWater → Cook Strait ⓘ

Wellington Airport → near → Cook Strait ⓘ

Port of Wellington → partOf → Cook Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Strait shipping route

Port of Wellington → hasStrategicImportanceFor → Cook Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cook Strait transport corridor

Australasian Mediterranean Sea → hasPart → Cook Strait ⓘ

Wellington Region → bordersBodyOfWater → Cook Strait ⓘ

Traversia lyalli → locatedIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

Marlborough Region → hasCoastlineOn → Cook Strait ⓘ

Awatere Valley → locatedNear → Cook Strait ⓘ

New Zealand North Island → separatedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

Pukerua Bay, New Zealand → overlooks → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Pukerua Bay

NZWN → nearbyWaterBody → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Wellington Airport

Miramar Peninsula → borders → Cook Strait ⓘ

Miramar Peninsula → hasViewOf → Cook Strait ⓘ

Lyall Bay → borderedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

Lyall Bay → waterBody → Cook Strait ⓘ

Lyall Bay → hasViewOf → Cook Strait ⓘ

Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) → separatedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Cook Strait region

Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) → namedAfter → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Cook Strait region

Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) → bordersBodyOfWater → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Cook Strait region

Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) → containsStrait → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Cook Strait region

Te Moana-o-Raukawa → hasEnglishName → Cook Strait ⓘ

Interislander ferry → operatesIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Interislander

Interislander ferry → bodyOfWater → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Interislander

Picton → waterBody → Cook Strait ⓘ

Kapiti Island (near northern entrance) → locatedIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Kapiti Island

Mana Island (near northern shore) → locatedIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: Mana Island

The Brothers (islands in the strait) → locatedIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

The Brothers (islands in the strait) → surroundedBy → Cook Strait ⓘ

Pencarrow Head Lighthouse (near entrance) → locatedNear → Cook Strait ⓘ

Pencarrow Head Lighthouse (near entrance) → locatedOnWaterBody → Cook Strait ⓘ

Pencarrow Head Lighthouse (near entrance) → regionServed → Cook Strait ⓘ

Pencarrow Head Lighthouse (near entrance) → hasViewOf → Cook Strait ⓘ

The Brothers Lighthouse → locatedIn → Cook Strait ⓘ

The Brothers Lighthouse → locatedInBodyOfWater → Cook Strait ⓘ