Translation for 'Cook Strait' from English to Croatian

Cook Strait

Cookov prolaz {m}zem.

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to cook

skuhati [sv.]kulin.

kuhati [nesv.]kulin.

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cook

kuhar {m}kulin.zanim.

television cook

televizijski kuhar {m}kulin.TV

amateur cook

amaterski kuhar {m}kulin.

cook [female]

kuharica {f}kulin.zanim.

ship's cook

brodski kuhar {m}kulin.naut.zanim.

strait

uzak {adj}

moreuz {m}naut.zem.

tjesnac {m}naut.zem.

Bering Strait

Beringov prolaz {m}zem.

Bass Strait

Bassov prolaz {m}zem.

Torres Strait

Torresov prolaz {m}zem.

Hudson Strait

Hudsonov prolaz {m}zem.

Korea Strait

Korejski prolaz {m}zem.

Strait of Magellan

Magellanov prolaz {m}zem.

• The South Island and the North Island shared some moa species ("Euryapteryx gravis", "Anomalopteryx didiformis"), but most were exclusive to one island, reflecting divergence over several thousand years since lower sea level in the Ice Age had made a land bridge across the Cook Strait.
• State Highway 1 runs the length of Canterbury, connecting north to Blenheim and the Cook Strait ferry terminal at Picton and south to Oamaru, Dunedin and Invercargill.
• The Pentland Firth (a strait) may be capable of generating 10 GW. Cook Strait in New Zealand may be capable of generating 5.6 GW even though the total energy available in the flow is 15 GW.
• It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range.
• In 1995, 50 juvenile and 18 adult Brothers Island tuatara were moved to Titi Island in Cook Strait, and their establishment monitored.

• The exception is at Cook Strait where the tidal currents periodically link high to low water.
• The two main islands are separated by Cook Strait, 24 km wide at its narrowest point, but requiring a 70-km ferry trip to cross.
• Queen Charlotte Sound defines its western side, while to the south lies Tory Channel, which is on the sea route between Wellington in the North Island to Picton. Cook Strait's narrowest point is between Arapaoa Island's Perano Head and Cape Terawhiti in the North Island.