Bradshaw Sound

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Bradshaw Sound
Geographical location
Bradshaw Sound (New Zealand)
Bradshaw Sound
Coordinates 45 ° 17 ′  S , 167 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′  S , 167 ° 8 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-STL
Country : New Zealand
region Southland
Sea access via Thompson Sound or Doubtful Sound to the Tasman Sea
Data about the sound
entrance 1 075 m wide
length around 15 km
width Max. 2.3 km
Coastline around 44 km
Tributaries Camelot River , Misty River , Rum River and numerous larger and smaller creeks and streams (brooks)
Islands Macdonell Island

The Bradshaw Sound is a fjord on the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The approximately 15 km long Bradshaw Sound is located approximately 43 km west-northwest of Te Anau on the southwestern part of the west coast of the South Island. The sound , which is divided into the two inlets Precipice Cove and Gaer Arm after just under 9 km , has a coastline of around 44 km and is around 2.3 km at its widest point. The entrance to the sound is located east of Thompson Sound and is approximately 1075 m wide. The Sound has access to the Tasman Sea via the Thompson Sound or the Doubtful Sound , which connects about 3.5 km southwest over the Pendulo Reach . In addition to the numerous larger and smaller creeks and streams, the three rivers Camelot River , Misty River and Rum River provide fresh water inflows. The mountains surrounding the sound rise to over 1400  m .

Nancy Sound is about 10 km north .

geology

The Bradshaw Sound is in the classic sense a fjord that, like all fjords in the southwest of the South Island, was created on the one hand by glacier movements of the last glacial period and on the other hand was formed by the flooding of the valley by rising sea levels. The name sound came from the first European settlers and seafarers who called numerous valleys in the Fiordland region as sounds , a name that is actually only used for the river valleys flooded from the lake side, such as the sounds in the Marlborough Sounds in the north the south island. The seafarers, mostly of English or Welsh origin, did not know any fjords from their homeland and so they used the names they knew for the inlets, which were later no longer corrected.

Marine reserve

The upper part of the Gaer Arm was designated as a marine reserve in 2005 under the name Kutu Parera ( Gaer Arm ) Marine Reserve . It covers an area of ​​433  hectares .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed March 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth version 7.1.8.3036 on March 2nd, 2018.
  3. ^ A b Milford Sound & Doubtful Sound . (PDF 1.1 MB) Destination Fiordland , November 2016, accessed on May 3, 2019 (English).
  4. ^ Section C The Marlborough Costal Environment . (PDF 3.98 MB) Marlborough District Council , June 2014, p. 34 , accessed on May 3, 2019 .
  5. ^ Fiordland Marine ( Te Moana a Atawhenua ) Reserves . (PDF 2.0 MB) Department of Conservation , 2010, p. 25 , accessed on March 5, 2018 (English).