Te Rā / Dagg Sound is a narrow

fiord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icela ...

located in

Fiordland Fiordland is a geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the westernmost third of Southland. Most of Fiordland is dominated by the steep sides of the snow-capped Southern Alps, deep lakes ...

, New Zealand. It lies south of

Doubtful Sound / Patea Doubtful Sound / Patea is a fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. It is located in the same region as the smaller but more famous and accessible Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. It took second place after Milford Sound as New Zea ...

and north of Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound. 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

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 Fiordland National Park {{fjord-stub