| Charles Sound | |
|---|---|
| Taiporoporo (Māori) | |
.jpg) View of Charles Sound taken from the International Space Station | |
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| Location | Tasman Sea |
| Coordinates | 45°03′00″S 167°04′59″E / 45.05°S 167.083°E |
| Etymology | Named after Taiporoporo, a tūpuna (ancestor) of local Māori, and Charles McLaren, captain of a sealing boat.[1] |
| River sources | Irene River, Windward River |
| Ocean/sea sources | Tasman Sea |
| Catchment area | 276 square kilometres (107 sq mi)[2] |
| Basin countries | New Zealand |
| Max. length | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)[2] |
| Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi)[2] |
| Surface area | 17.4 square kilometres (6.7 sq mi)[2] |
| Max. depth | 221 metres (725 ft)[2] |
Charles Sound (Māori: Taiporoporo; officially Taiporoporo / Charles Sound) is a fiord of the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of the fiords that form the coast of Fiordland.
- ^ "Place name detail: Taiporoporo / Charles Sound". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Stanton, Basil; Pickard, George (1981). Physical Oceanography of the New Zealand Fiords (PDF). Wellington: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute. pp. 14, 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.