Tory Channel
| Tory Channel | ||
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| Connects waters | Queen Charlotte Sound | |
| with water | Cook Street | |
| Separates land mass | Arapawa Island | |
| of land mass | South island | |
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| Geographical location | 41 ° 14 ′ 24 ″ S , 174 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tory Channel is a sunken valley and one of the Marlborough Sounds in the north of New Zealand's South Island .
The sound was named after the "Tory", a ship that brought British settlers to Wellington in 1840 . It is located south of Arapawa Island and separates this island from the mainland. At its west end, the Tory Channel is connected to the larger Queen Charlotte Sound , which it meets about halfway along. At the east end the canal joins the Cook Strait .
The "Interislander" ferry route between Wellington on the North Island and Picton runs through the Tory Channel.
Erosion attributed to ferries (especially new high-speed ferries that no longer operate) has resulted in speed restrictions.
One of two candidates for the most easterly point of the South Island (next to Cape Campbell ) is at the entrance to the Tory Channel, it is called West Head .