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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.
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What was the strait of Magellan named after?
named after Ferdinand Magellan
What are the Torres Strait Islands named after?
Torres Strait Islands was named after a Spanish man named Spaniard Luiz Váez de Torres
Name of a strait you can find on a world map?
Cook Strait, between North Island and South Island, New Zealand. Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. Strait of Bonifacio, between Sicily and Sardinia.
What naval ship is named for a sailor who is MIA?
The USS Cook was named after Donald Cook.
Was any place named after James Cook?
The Polynesian atolls knowns as the Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook.Cooktown, in northern Queensland, is named after Cook. It was where Cook and his crew spent two months repairing his ship, the Endeavour, after it ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef.James Cook University, in Townsville (Queensland) is also named after Cook.There are several small, uninhabited islands dotted around Australia's coastline, each called "Cook Island".Cook Strait lies between the North and South islands of New Zealand.New Zealand's highest mountain was named Mt Cook by the Europeans after James Cook. It is now Aoraki/Mt Cook, taking on its former Maori name as well.
How did Cook Strait get its name?
Cook Strait, which lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand, was named after James Cook. In 1770, Cook became the first European commander to sail through it as he circumnavigated the islands of New Zealand. His crew apparently named it in Cook's honour.
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.
What is a stretch of water named after Captain Cook?
Cook Strait which separates the North and South 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.
What water separates new zealand into north island and south island?
Cook Strait
What is the stretch of water named after Captain Cook?
The Cook Strait lies between New Zealand's North and South Islands.
What is the largest strait in New Zealand?
Cook Strait
What two islands are separated by the Cook Strait?
North and South Islands are separated by the Cook Strait.
What is the investigator strait named after?
an invetigator named investigator strait
The Cook Strait is to New Zealand as the Makassar Strait is to what?
Indonesia
Where is Cook Strait in New Zealand?
Cook Strait lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
What waterway separates the north and south islands?
The Cook straight separates the North and South islands of New Zealand.
