Arapawa Island is a small island located in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north east tip of the South Island of New Zealand.

* 1986 – The Soviet liner runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

Interisland Line's Arahura ( ferry ) | Arahura in the Marlborough Sounds after crossing the Cook Strait.

Smaller ferries operate in the Bay of Islands, Rawene ( Northland ), Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, the Marlborough Sounds and Lyttelton ( Christchurch ), and between Bluff and Halfmoon Bay ( Stewart Island / Rakiura ).

** The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

D ' Urville Island is an island in the Marlborough Sounds along the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

A view from the summit of Mount Kaukau across Cook Strait to the Marlborough Sounds in the distance.

Because of its use as a whale migration route, whalers established bases in the Marlborough Sounds and in the Kapiti area.

In addition thirteen 6-inch ( 15 cm ) gun installations were constructed around Wellington, along the Makara coast, and at entrances to the Marlborough Sounds.

At its narrowest point, separate Cape Terawhiti in the North Island from Perano Head on Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds.

The west ( South Island ) coast runs runs along Cloudy Bay and past the islands and entrances to the Marlborough Sounds.

A relatively shallow submarine valley lies across the northern end of the Marlborough Sounds.

The Cook Strait ferry Arahura ( ferry ) | Arahura in the Marlborough Sounds.

The small Marlborough Sounds settlement of Portage lies on the Kenepuru Sound which links Queen Charlotte Sound at Torea Bay.

The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand.

Covering some 4, 000 km² of sounds, islands, and peninsulas, the Marlborough Sounds lie at the South Island's north-easternmost point, between Tasman Bay in the west and Cloudy Bay in the south-east.

The Marlborough Sounds are connected to the Cook Strait at the north-east extreme.

The main channels of the Marlborough Sounds have calm water and are popular for sailing.

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The Marlborough Sounds at the northern tip of the South Island form a large network of rias.

A remarkable exception was an individual named Pelorus Jack who accompanied boats in Admiralty Bay in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds for more than 20 years.

After five weeks in the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island, the Tory sailed over to Te Whanganui a Tara (" The Big Harbour of Tara ") and Port Nicholson.

New Zealand has several locations to view and swim with dusky dolphins, notably in Marlborough Sounds.

Marlborough later told Bishop Burnet that, ‘ the French army looked the best of any he had ever seen ’.

Yet the cost was high: the allied casualty figures were approximately double that of the enemy ( sources vary ), leading Marlborough to admit – " The French have defended themselves better in this action than in any battle I've seen.

Formed along New Zealand's Marlborough Fault System, they can be seen as the northernmost extension of the Southern Alps in the South Island.

When Consuelo Vanderbilt, then Duchess of Marlborough, met him in Moscow, she considered him to be " One of the handsomest men I have ever seen.

In his comment on these laws Steele sounds all the usual notes of current Whig propaganda, ranging from a criticism of the Tory peace to an attack on the dismissal of Marlborough ; ;

Realising the danger, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to alleviate the peril to Vienna by marching his forces south from Bedburg and help maintain Emperor Leopold within the Grand Alliance.

A combination of deception and brilliant administration – designed to conceal his true destination from friend and foe alike – enabled Marlborough to march unhindered from the Low Countries to the River Danube in five weeks.

The John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | Duke of Marlborough's march from Bedburg ( near Cologne ) to the Danube.

Marlborough could not attack Dillingen because of a lack of siege guns – he was unable to bring any from the Low Countries, and Baden had failed to supply any despite assurances to the contrary.

That same day Marlborough and Eugene carried out their own reconnaissance of the French position from the church spire at Tapfheim, and moved their combined forces to Münster – five miles ( 8 km ) from the French camp.

The last thing Tallard expected that morning was to be attacked by the Allies – deceived by intelligence gathered from prisoners taken by de Silly the previous day, and assured in their strong natural position, Tallard and his colleagues were convinced that Marlborough and Eugene were about to retreat north-eastwards towards Nördlingen.

Count Horn's Dutch infantry managed to push the French back from the water's edge, but it was apparent that before Marlborough could launch his main effort against Tallard, Oberglauheim would have to be secured.

Marlborough now had to turn his attention from the fleeing enemy to direct Churchill to detach more infantry to storm Blenheim.

Hearing the din of battle in Blenheim, Tallard sent a message to Marlborough offering to order the garrison to withdraw from the field.

" Nevertheless, although the war dragged on for years, the Battle of Blenheim was probably its most decisive victory ; Marlborough and Eugene, working indivisibly together, had saved the Habsburg Empire and thereby preserved the Grand Alliance from collapse.

In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.

" With Marlborough ’ s departure north, the French now transferred troops from the Moselle valley to reinforce Villeroi in Flanders, while Villars marched off to the Rhine.

Far from standing on the defensive therefore – and unbeknown to Marlborough – Louis XIV was persistently goading his marshal into action.

The following day, at 01: 00, Marlborough dispatched Cadogan, his Quartermaster-General, with an advanced guard to reconnoitre the same dry ground that Villeroi ’ s army was now heading, country that was well known to the Duke from previous campaigns.

A crisis threatened the centre, but from his vantage point Marlborough was at once aware of the situation.

At last, however, Marlborough called a halt to the pursuit shortly after midnight near Meldert, from the field.

Marlborough realised the great opportunity created by the early victory of Ramillies: " We now have the whole summer before us ," wrote the Duke from Brussels to Robert Harley, " and with the blessing of God I shall make the best use of it.

Wansdyke, an early medieval defensive linear earthwork, runs from south of Bristol to near Marlborough, Wiltshire, passing not far from Bath.

The later Dukes of Marlborough are descended from the first duke, but not in the male line.

A younger daughter, Lady Anne Churchill, married Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( c. 1674 – 1722 ), and from this marriage descend the modern Dukes of Marlborough.

They may have come from a quarry, around north of Stonehenge on the Marlborough Downs, or they may have been collected from a " litter " of sarsens on the chalk downs, closer to hand.