Dusky Sound

Tamatea, or Dusky Sound, cuts into the mountainous coast of Fiordland. Māori visited the fiord seasonally for generations before European ships arrived. In 1773 James Cook brought the Resolution into the sound, charted its waterways and met Māori there. A sealing party landed at Luncheon Cove in 1792 and built a vessel while waiting for its ship to return.