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Thompson Sound (New Zealand)

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421: 478: 68: 101: 108: 75: 291:, which extends east from the junction of Doubtful and Thompson Sounds, is geographically and geologically an extension of Thompson Sound. Several small rivers flow into Thompson Sound, among them the 326:, and named an indentation in the sound's Secretary Island coast as Deas Cove. In October 2019, the name of the fiord was officially altered to Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound. 393: 150: 311:
who worked the Fiordland coast in the early 19th century, after his boat's owner, Andrew Thompson. Grono himself is honoured in the name of the 1196-metre
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of New Zealand. It is one of the fiords that form the coast of
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Thompson Sound was given its European name by John Grono, a
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incorrectly thought that the sound had been named after
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Index

Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound
Māori
Location in New Zealand
Location in New Zealand
Fiordland
45°15′0″S 167°00′00″E / 45.25000°S 167.00000°E / -45.25000; 167.00000
Tasman Sea
Pandora River
Namu River
Basin
New Zealand
Māori
fiord
South Island
Fiordland
Pendulo Reach
Doubtful Sound / Patea
Secretary Island
Kaikiekie / Bradshaw Sound
Pandora
Namu Rivers
sealer
Mount Grono
Captain John Stokes
Colonial Secretary
Edward Deas Thomson


NZ Topographic Map: Thompson Sound

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