Cook Strait, discovered by Cook on his first voyage, separates the north and south islands of New Zealand, and is 20 to 80 miles wide.
Cook Strait
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 453
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Cook Strait, discovered by Cook on his first voyage, separates the north and south islands of New Zealand, and is 20 to 80 miles wide.