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Hāwea / Bligh Sound

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covers 411 hectares in the central part of the fiord. The reserve includes large areas of sheltered shallow rock wall habitat and deep reef or rock wall habitat.
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name Hāwea is after the ancient iwi of Kāti Hāwea. The fiord was named Bligh Sound in 1809 by
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In October 2019, the name of the fiord was officially altered to Hāwea / Bligh Sound.
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Land Information New Zealand. 17 October 2019 473: 442: 385: 238:flows into the innermost arm, Bounty Haven. 96: 63: 29: 487: 480: 466: 449: 435: 392: 378: 1573:New Zealand American Fiordland Expedition 16:Fiord of the South Island of New Zealand 1586: 461: 360:, New Zealand geography article is a 241: 401: 344: 322:"Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve" 13: 1542:Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site 14: 1620: 279:Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve 272: 226:of New Zealand. It is located in 109:Hāwea / Bligh Sound (New Zealand) 855:Taumoana (Five Finger Peninsula) 779:Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai 405: 348: 95: 88: 62: 55: 850:Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) 314: 292: 1: 870:Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound) 581:Rakituma / Preservation Inlet 300:"NZGB notices – October 2019" 285: 230:, 30 kilometres southwest of 421:. You can help Knowledge by 364:. 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Māori
Location of Hāwea / Bligh Sound
Location of Hāwea / Bligh Sound
Tasman Sea
44°49′S 167°31′E / 44.82°S 167.52°E / -44.82; 167.52
Wild Natives River
Basin
New Zealand
fiord
South Island
Fiordland
Milford Sound
Wild Natives River
Māori
John Grono
Governor of New South Wales
William Bligh
Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve
"NZGB notices – October 2019"
"Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve"
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