The Lion Peak above Milford Sound with ferryboat in Fjordland National Park on South Island New Zealand

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Milford Sound, also known as Piopiotahi in Māori, is located in the south west of New Zealand's South Island. Although called a sound, it is more accurately classified as a fjord. Milford Sound, the most famous tourist site of New Zealand,[1] has also been called an eighth Wonder of the World by Rudyard Kipling.[2] It is situated within the Fiordland National Park which is in turn part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. Milford Sound is named after Milford Haven in Wales, and the Cleddau River which flows into it is similarly named for its Welsh namesake. The Maori name for the sound, Piopiotahi, means first native thrush.

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