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![Rakiura and Foveaux Strait viewed from Bluff Hill.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rakiura_and_Foveaux_Strait_from_Bluff_Hill.jpg/300px-Rakiura_and_Foveaux_Strait_from_Bluff_Hill.jpg)
Foveaux Strait is the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura of New Zealand. It is named after Joseph Foveaux who was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales at the time. On the north side of the strait is the harbour of Bluff. On the south side is Stewart Island/Rakiura. Foveaux Strait is right in the middle of the Roaring Forties, and is very rarely this calm.