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 as seen from the Wellington-Picton ferry.

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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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.

Once the scene is set, Trevelyan skilfully builds up the tense story until it reaches its climax in the dramatic victory of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Blenheim.

Marlborough skillfully encouraged this apprehension by constructing bridges across the Rhine at Philippsburg, a ruse that not only encouraged Villeroi to come to Tallard's aid in the defence of Alsace, but one that ensured the French plan to march on Vienna remained paralysed by uncertainty.

In any case, Marlborough had promised to return to the Netherlands if a French attack developed there, transferring his troops down the Rhine on barges at a rate of a day.

Also on 5 August, Eugene reached Höchstädt, riding that same night to meet with Marlborough at Schrobenhausen.

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.

Marlborough quickly moved forward two brigades under the command of General Wilkes and Brigadier Rowe to secure the narrow strip of land between the Danube and the wooded Fuchsberg hill, at the Schwenningen defile.

With the French flanks busy, Marlborough could cross the Nebel and deliver the fatal blow to the French at their centre.

With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.

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.

The Anglo-Dutch forces gained minor compensation for the failed Moselle campaign with the success at Elixheim and the crossing of the Lines of Brabant in the Spanish Netherlands ( Huy was also retaken on 11 July ), but a chance to bring the French to a decisive engagement had eluded Marlborough.

The year 1705 proved almost entirely barren for the Duke whose military disappointments were only partly compensated by efforts on the diplomatic front where, at the courts of Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Vienna, Berlin and Hanover, Marlborough sought to bolster support for the Grand Alliance and extract promises of prompt assistance for the following year ’ s campaign.

On 11 January 1706, Marlborough finally reached London at the end of his diplomatic tour, but he had already been planning his strategy for the coming season.

Marlborough wrote an appeal to the Duke of Württemberg, the commander of the Danish contingent – " I send you this express to request your Highness to bring forward by a double march your cavalry so as to join us at the earliest moment …" Additionally, the King in Prussia, Frederick I, had kept his troops in quarters behind the Rhine while his personal disputes with Vienna and the States-General at The Hague remained unresolved.

Villeroi still believed ( on 22 May ) the Allies were a full day ’ s march away when in fact they had camped near Corswaren waiting for the Danish squadrons to catch up ; for his part, Marlborough deemed Villeroi still at Jodoigne when in reality he was now approaching the plateau of Mont St. André with the intention of pitching camp near Ramillies ( see map at right ).

Marlborough wrote to Lord Raby, the English resident at Berlin: " If it should please God to give us victory over the enemy, the Allies will be little obliged to the King for the success.

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.

One account has it that the cannonball flew between the Captain-General ’ s legs before hitting the unfortunate colonel, whose torso fell at Marlborough ’ s feet – a moment subsequently depicted in a lurid set of contemporary playing cards.

The final Allied reinforcements for the cavalry contest to the south were at last in position ; Marlborough ’ s superiority on the left could no longer be denied, and his fast-moving plan took hold of the battlefield.

The Duke of Marlborough receives captured standards at Ramillies.

The 7th Duke of Marlborough was the paternal grandfather of the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill ( who was born at Blenheim Palace on 30 November 1874 ).

In November 1267, parliament met at Marlborough.