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Cook Strait

noun

  1. a strait in New Zealand between North and South Islands.


Cook Strait

noun

  1. the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

With the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North and South Islands in the way, the easiest option was to take a domestic flight — one of hundreds that zip across the country every day.

In March, he set a new world record for the fastest swim across the Cook Strait - the waters between New Zealand's North and South Islands.

From BBC

Ferries that cross the Cook Strait to link the North and South Islands leave nearby.

Spatial ecologist Kim Goetz prepares an acoustic recorder for deployment in New Zealand’s Cook Strait to capture the calls of marine mammals.

From Nature

One day, we were catching 25-knot gusts on whitecaps at the edge of Cook Strait.

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