Kenepuru sound

	Kenepuru Sound ; Māori: Kenepuru
	Geographical location
Coordinates	41 ° 12 ′ S , 173 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 12 ′ S , 173 ° 59 ′ E
Region ISO	NZ-MBH
Country :	New Zealand
region	Marlborough
Sea access	across the Pelorus Sound to the Tasman Sea
	Data about the sound
entrance	1 318 m wide
length	around 23 km
width	Max. 4.6 km
Coastline	around 90 km
places	Te Mahia, Nopera, Waitana Bay and Kenepuru Head settlements
Tributaries	numerous streams (brooks)
Islands	Clark Island
Jetty	Te Mahia and Waitana Bay
	Photography of the sound
	; Kenepuru Sound with the bay at Kenepuru Head in the front right of the picture

The Kenepuru Sound is an estuary in the north of the South Island of New Zealand with access to the Pelorus Sound .

Origin of name

Kenepuru means something like mud or mud in the Māori language . The bay at the end of the Sound at Kenepuru Head is very shallow and silted up. Māori may therefore have called the sound that.

geography

The Kenepuru Sound is located just north of the Queen Charlotte Sound , the Mahau Sound and 10 km north of the ferry port of Picton . The sound is around 23 km long and has a maximum width of around 4.6 km. Access to Kenepuru Sound is only possible via Pelorus Sound , which connects to the west of the approximately 1318 m wide opening. The entire coastline of the Sound stretches for around 90 km.

geology

Like all sounds , channels and inlets of the Marlborough Sounds , the waters consist of former river valleys flooded by the sea. While the South Island was sinking, the sea level has been rising since the last glacial period , which led to the flooding of coastal areas and coastal valleys.

use

Parts of the sound are used for oyster farming.

Web links

Commons : Kenepuru Sound - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Rob Davidson, Clinton Duffy, Peter Gaze, Andrew Baxter, Sam DuFresne, Shannel Courtney, Peter Hamill : Ecologically Significant Marine Sites in Marlborough, New Zealand . Marlborough District Council , September 2011 (English, Online [PDF; 1.1 MB ; accessed on February 26, 2018]).

Individual evidence

^ Basil Keane : Kenepuru Sound . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , November 24, 2008, accessed February 26, 2018 .
↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 26, 2018 .
↑ Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth Version 7.1.8.3036 on February 26, 2018.
↑ Davidson et al. a. : Ecologically Significant Marine Sites in Marlborough, New Zealand . 2011, p. 16 .

[TeAra_Kenepuru_Sound-1] Basil Keane : Kenepuru Sound . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , November 24, 2008, accessed February 26, 2018 .

[LINZ_Topo250_maps-2] Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 26, 2018 .

[Google_Earth-3] Coordinates and longitudes were partly made using Google Earth Version 7.1.8.3036 on February 26, 2018.

[Davidson_ua_S16-4] Davidson et al. a. : Ecologically Significant Marine Sites in Marlborough, New Zealand . 2011, p. 16 .