[:ja]リッキー・アーノルド宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したニュージーランド北島と南島の間のクック海峡です。
クック海峡はタスマン海と南太平洋をつないでおり、北島側は首都ウェリントンが面しています。最も狭い部分での幅は23kmで、天気が良い日は対岸を見通せます。ヨーロッパ人でこの付近を最初に通過したのはアベル・タスマン（1642年）ですが、彼はこの海峡が湾であると誤認し、海峡とは気づきませんでした。海峡であることを最初に発見したのはその後に通過したジェームズ・クック（1769年）であり、クック海峡の名は彼にちなんで名付けられました。
ウェリントン郊外のカウカウ山から見るクック海峡と南島の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.616: Cook Strait, New Zealand🇳🇿
Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS Cook Strait which separates the North and South Island of New Zealand.
Cook Strait connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast, and runs next to the capital city, Wellington. It is 23km wide at its narrowest point, and is considered one of the most dangerous and unpredictable waters in the world. Though the strait was first discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642, he thought Cook Strait was a bight closed to the east, and was eventually named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1769.
A view from the summit of Mount Kaukau across Cook Strait to the Marlborough Sounds in the distance is as follows.
Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.616: Cook Strait, New Zealand🇳🇿
Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS Cook Strait which separates the North and South Island of New Zealand.
Cook Strait connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast, and runs next to the capital city, Wellington. It is 23km wide at its narrowest point, and is considered one of the most dangerous and unpredictable waters in the world. Though the strait was first discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642, he thought Cook Strait was a bight closed to the east, and was eventually named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1769.
A view from the summit of Mount Kaukau across Cook Strait to the Marlborough Sounds in the distance is as follows.
Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]