Te Rā / Dagg Sound is a narrow
fiord located in
Fiordland, New Zealand. It lies south of
Doubtful Sound / Patea and north of
Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound
Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound is a small fiord on the southwestern coast of South Island, New Zealand in the Tasman Sea. Breaksea Island in Fiordland National Park lies at its entrance. In the 1850s, early settlers Henry Hirst and John Watt ...
. Whales frequent the waters out from the entrance of the fiord, close to the edge of the continental shelf where the water depth suddenly drops to thousands of metres.
The fiord is surrounded by steep cliffs and stretches inland for . Anchorage Arm branches off to the north of the fiord. At the eastern end of the fiord there is a short portage through to Crooked Arm in
Doubtful Sound / Patea.
Naming
The fiord was named Dagg Sound after named after the Captain of the whaling boat, ''Scorpion'', who visited it in 1804. In October 2019, the name of the fiord was officially altered to Te Rā / Dagg Sound.
References
Fiords of New Zealand
Sounds of Fiordland
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