Cook Strait

Summary

Cook Strait is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,810 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cook Strait is located in Wellington Region^[3].
• Cook Strait is located in Marlborough District^[4].
• Cook Strait is in the country of New Zealand^[5].
• Cook Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[6].
• James Cook is named after Cook Strait^[7].
• Cook Strait's inflows is recorded as Awatere River^[8].
• Cook Strait's Commons category is recorded as Cook Strait^[9].
• Cook Strait comprises Palliser Bay^[10].
• Cook Strait's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -41.229444444444, 'longitude': 174.48305555556}^[11].
• Cook Strait's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cook Strait^[12].
• Cook Strait's Commons gallery is recorded as Cook Strait^[13].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[14].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• Cook Strait's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• Cook Strait's native label is recorded as Cook Strait^[17].
• Cook Strait sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+0'}^[18].
• Cook Strait's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[19].

Body

Geography

Cook Strait is in the country of New Zealand^[5]. Located in include Wellington Region^[3], a region of New Zealand^[20], in New Zealand^[21], founded in 1989^[22] and Marlborough District^[4], a region of New Zealand^[23], in New Zealand^[24], founded in 1876^[25].

Physical Characteristics

Cook Strait sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+0'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Cook Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[6].

History and Context

James Cook is named after Cook Strait^[7].

Why It Matters

Cook Strait ranks in the top 6% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,810 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]