New Zealand High Sea

Southwest of Fiordland, the Tasman Sea approaches the islands and inlets of Tamatea / Dusky Sound. James Cook brought HMS Resolution into the sound in 1773, remaining for five weeks while his crew replenished water and wood and surveyed the coast. Resolution Island took its name from the ship. In 1792 a sealing party landed in Dusky Sound, beginning a trade that soon reached other southern shores.