Fovo ( English Foveaux Strait ) - the strait that separates the island of Stuart from the South Island . Along the north side of the strait there are three large bays: Te-Waaeue, Oreti Beach and Toutous Bay . There is also a small settlement Bluff . In the strait are the islands of Solander , Stuart and Ruapuke . The length of Fovo is about 130 km (from the island of Ruapuke to the island of Small Solander), and the width varies from 14 km at Ruapuke to 50 km at Te-Waaehue bay. The maximum depth in the strait is 120 m. The water in Fovo flows from west to east, at the level of three sea knots . [1] The prevailing winds in the strait also blow from the west, often causing strong seas and storms . [2] The Fovo Strait lies within the boundaries of the continental shelf surrounding New Zealand, and probably there was dry land during the Ice Age of the Pleistocene . [one]
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English Foveaux Strait | |
Specifications | |
Width | 32 km |
Length | 130 km |
Deepest | 120 m |
Location | |
Binds | Pacific Ocean , Tasman Sea |
Divides | Island Stewart from the South Island |
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The eastern side of the strait was first seen on March 6, 1770 by the British traveler James Cook . Nevertheless, the navigator sailed further south, along the southern coast of the island of Stewart, which he considered to be a peninsula . [2] The same discoverer of the strait was the American captain Owen Folger Smith, who opened it in search of good places for catching seals in 1804. The captain called it " Smith's Strait " ( Eng. Smith's Strait ). [2] Upon returning to Sydney, Smith notified the governor of New South Wales of his discovery, giving him a map of the strait. But since the whaling and seals fishing was banned south of 43 ° 39 ', the discovery remained secret. For a short period of time, the strait was also known as the “Strait of Favorite” (the so-called Smith ship). The existence of the strait became known only in 1809, when information about it was published in the government bulletin of New South Wales. It was then renamed Fovo Strait , in honor of Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales, Joseph Fovo . [3] Since the late 1820s, active whaling has taken place in the strait. Nevertheless, by the middle of the XIX century, it was almost completely ceased in the area. [four]
In the strait is fishing. In addition, since 1863, it has been fishing for oysters . [five]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Foveaux Strait (English) . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. The appeal date is April 10, 2010. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 SHIPPING DISASTERS at FOVEAUX STRAIT. BEFORE 1900 (eng.) . Bluff The appeal date is January 10, 2010. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ First chart of Foveaux Strait (English) . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The appeal date is April 10, 2010. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Whaling in Foveaux Strait, 1820s to 1840s (English) . Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The appeal date is April 10, 2010. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Shellfish. Dredge oysters (eng.) . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The appeal date is April 10, 2010. Archived April 22, 2012.