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What stretch of water separates the two islands of New Zealand?
The Cook Strait separates the two main islands of New Zealand.
Which strait separates the northern and southern islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand.Cook Strait runs from the Tasman Sea on the western side of New Zealand to the Pacific Ocean on the east.
How do you spell Raratonga?
The main island in the Cook Islands (allied with New Zealand) is spelled Rarotonga.
What did Cook discover about New Zealand?
James Cook was the first known European explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand. This proved that it was made up of two main islands and numerous smaller islands, and was not connected to any other continent.
Did Captain James Cook sail all around New Zealand?
Yes. Lieutenant James Cook (not a captain at that stage) circumnavigated the main islands of New Zealand in 1769 and 1770.
Who was cook strait named after?
Cook Strait, which separates the North Island and South Island of New Zealand, was named after Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain). He was the first to circumnavigate the main islands of New Zealand.
What strait passes between the north islands and the South Island of New Zealand?
This water passage is the Cook Strait, named after Captain James Cook, who circumnavigated New Zealand in 1769-1770.
Which country did James Cook explore and why?
James Cook spent several months exploring both New Zealand and Australia. He circumnavigated, and charted both main islands of New Zealand, and he charted the eastern coast of Australia.
One of new zealand's islands is call south islands what is the other called?
New Zealand has two main islands, the North Island and the South Island. A third, much smaller island, Stewart Island, is found to the South of the South Island.
The main islands in the cook island?
Rarotonga
What is the main island in the cook islands?
rarotonga
When did James Cook discover the coastline of new zealand Australia and New Guinea?
From October 1769 to February 1770, James Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand. This was his first visit to the islands.He visited New Zealand again on his second journey, between February and May of 1773, returning again in November of that year, having explored the Pacific Islands.He was back in New Zealand for October and November of 1774.Cook returned to New Zealand in December 1776 to January of 1777.
