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[[File:Milford Sound New Zealand. (16508409635).jpg|thumb|Of the twelve major fiords on [[Fiordland]]'s west coast, Milford Sound is the most famous.]]

The '''fiords of New Zealand''' (((lang-mi|tai matapari)) "bluff sea"<ref>((cite web |title=tai matapari |url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=fiord |website=Māori Dictionary |publisher=Te Ipukarea |access-date=Aug 19, 2023))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://geographicfeatures.linz.govt.nz/|title=New Zealand Geographic Features|website=New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa|publisher=[[Land Information New Zealand]]|access-date=Aug 19, 2023))</ref>) are all located in the southwest of the [[South Island]], in a mountainous area known as [[Fiordland]]. A [[fiord]] is a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes, which results from marine [[inundation]] of a [[glaciated valley]]. The spelling ''fiord'' is used in New Zealand rather than ''fjord'', although all the maritime fiords instead use the word ''[[Sound (geography)|sound]]'' in their name.

The [[Marlborough Sounds]], a series of deep indentations in the coastline at the northern tip of the South Island, are in fact drowned river valleys, or [[ria]]s. The deeply indented coastlines of Northland and Auckland also host many rias, such as the [[Hokianga Harbour|Hokianga]] and [[Waitematā Harbour]]s.

New Zealand has fifteen named maritime fiords, listed here from northernmost to southernmost.<ref>Distance measured down centreline of fiord from coastline to head of longest arm of fiord.</ref>

==List==
{|class="wikitable"
!Name !! Location !! Length !! Area<ref>((cite book |last1=Stanton |first1=B. R. |last2=Pickard |first2=G. L. |title=Physical Oceanography of the New Zealand Fiords |date=1981 |publisher=New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |page=14 |url=http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20088_Physical%20Oceanography%20of%20the%20New%20Zealand%20Fiords.pdf |accessdate=18 July 2020))</ref> 
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|[[Milford Sound / Piopiotahi]] ||((coord|44|38|0|S|167|53|0|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody )) ||((convert|17.5|km))|| 25.3 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Te Hāpua / Sutherland Sound]]||((coord|44|46|22|S|167|37|14|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|10|km))|| 11 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[Hāwea / Bligh Sound]]||((coord|44|47|4|S|167|30|28|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|18|km))||21.1 km<sup>2</sup>
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| [[Te Houhou / George Sound]] || ((coord|44|52|36|S|167|21|48|E |region:NZ_type:waterbody |name=George Sound)) ||((convert|20.5|km))||32.9 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Taitetimu / Caswell Sound]]||((coord|45|1|6.6|S|167|10|55.56|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|15|km))||17.5 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[Taiporoporo / Charles Sound]]||((coord|45|5|0|S|167|6|49|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|14|km))||15.9 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[Hinenui / Nancy Sound]]||((coord|45|8|44.5|S|167|4|23|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline)) ||((convert|15|km))||13.9 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound]]||((coord|45|13|27|S|166|58|16|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline)) ||((convert|18|km))||28.4 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Kaikiekie / Bradshaw Sound]]||((coord|45|17|0|S|167|6|3|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody|display=inline)) ||((convert|18.5|km))||20.9 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Doubtful Sound / Patea]]||((coord|45|22|57|S|167|5|28|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|40|km)) (to head of Hall Arm)||83.7 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Te Rā / Dagg Sound]]||((coord|45|23|51|S|166|48|47|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|14|km))||14.7 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound]]||((coord|45|32|52|S|166|52|22|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|30.5|km))||61.5 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Tamatea / Dusky Sound]]||((coord|45|45|35|S|166|37|36|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|40|km))||181 km<sup>2</sup>
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|[[Taiari / Chalky Inlet]]||((coord|46|0|54|S|166|34|50.52|E|display=inline|region:NZ_type:waterbody))||((convert|27.7|km))||110 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|[[Rakituma / Preservation Inlet]]||((coord|46|4|46.56|S|166|41|14.28|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody |display=inline))||((convert|36.5|km))||93 km<sup>2</sup>
|-
|}
Thompson Sound separates [[Secretary Island]] from the mainland and connects with Doubtful Sound and Bradshaw Sound at its inland end. The mouth of Bradshaw Sound is on Doubtful Sound approximately 12&nbsp;km from the Tasman Sea.

==Freshwater fiords==
A number of lakes in the Fiordland and [[Otago]] regions also fill glacial valleys. [[Lake Te Anau]] has three western arms which are fiords (and are named so). [[Lake McKerrow]] to the north of Milford Sound is a fiord with a silted-up mouth. [[Lake Wakatipu]] fills a large glacial valley, as do lakes [[Lake Hakapoua|Hakapoua]], [[Lake Poteriteri|Poteriteri]], [[Lake Monowai|Monowai]] and [[Lake Hauroko|Hauroko]] in the far south of Fiordland. [[Lake Manapouri]] has fiords as its West, North and South arms.

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110312122944/http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/topographic-names-db/index.aspx New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database]
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[[Category:Fiords of New Zealand| ]]
[[Category:Lists of landforms of New Zealand|Fjords]]
[[Category:Lists of fjords|New Zealand]]
[[Category:Lists of tourist attractions in New Zealand|Fiords]]

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