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Cook Strait

Cook Strait channel, c.15 mi (24 km) wide, between the North Island and the South Island, New Zealand. It was first explored in 1770 by Capt. James Cook.

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Cook Strait, New Zealand Thought by Abel Tasman^† to be a bay when he visited it in 1642, it was discovered by Captain James Cook^† in 1770 to be a strait separating North and South Islands, and was thus named after him.

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