Paterson Inlet

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Paterson Inlet

inlet, New Zealand

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Stewart Island/Rakiura
…coastline is deeply creased by Paterson Inlet (east), Port Pegasus (south), and Doughboy and Mason bays (west). The numerous small Mutton Bird Islands lie close offshore. Stewart Island/Rakiura was seen (1770) by Capt. James Cook, who thought it was a peninsula of South Island. This initial description was disproved in…
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…coastline is deeply creased by Paterson Inlet (east), Port Pegasus (south), and Doughboy and Mason bays (west). The numerous small Mutton Bird Islands lie close offshore. Stewart Island/Rakiura was seen (1770) by Capt. James Cook, who thought it was a peninsula of South Island. This initial description was disproved in…
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