Port Nicholson

Port Nicholson

Port Nicholson (spr. pōrt nickelßön, bei den Maori Wanganui atera), Meereseinschnitt an der Südostspitze der Nordinsel von Neuseeland, die sich zwischen den Kaps Pencarrowhead im O. und Palmerhead im W. öffnet und an dessen Südseite die Stadt Wellington (s. d.) liegt.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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