Milford Sound

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"The Eighth Wonder of the World" - that's what John Rudyard Kipling fjord Milford Sound in New Zealand called it. Not surprisingly, Kipling granted such a high profile to these places. Everyone who has been here understands - Milford Sound really is a real miracle. Among the rugged high rocky coasts and green forests sparkle the waters of the bay, over which stretches the boundless celestial vault. When you see this splendor, there is a complete sense of isolation from the modern world and unity with nature.

Milford Sound appeared already twenty thousand years ago under the influence of a glacier that went to the Tasman Sea. The world-famous fjord is in the Fiordland National Park. Its length is as much as 19 km, and the maximum depth is about 512 m. The bay is surrounded on all sides by a typical mountainous forest landscape with steep coastal rocks, which gives these edges a special severe majesty.

The name "Milford Sound" was received by the fjord in 20 -th years of the 19th century, thanks to a whaling sailor from Wales, John Grono. In the native language of Native Maori, this place is called "Piopiothachi", which can be translated roughly as "lonely pyopio."

Piopio is a New Zealand thrush, now extinct to the greatest regret. This name is associated with an ancient beautiful legend, telling that the great hero of Maui died trying to win immortality for people, and his thrush friend flew around these places and sang, mourning him.

In the native language of Native Maori, this place is called "Piopiothachi", which can be translated roughly as a "lonely pyopio."

Milford Sound

The climate in the Milford Sound area is extremely humid - about 7000 mm of precipitation a year . With such indicators, the fjord neighborhoods easily find themselves on the top of the wettest places on the planet Earth . Another local peculiarity is that fresh and sea water is mixed in the water, thereby creating a unique ecosystem . No wonder, that in the Milford Sound district there are many birds, faiths and plants that can be seen only here and representing a person from other latitudes a real curiosity . For example, a parrot that is both like an owl and an eagle .

Milford Sound is the most convenient way to get from Dunedin on a steamer that also runs from Christchurch, Oakland and Wellington. You can also get there by car on the Milford Road.

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