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	Arapawa Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From the late (The decade from 1820 to 1829) 1820s until the mid (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, Arapawa Island was a base for (Click link for more info and facts about whaling) whaling in the Sounds.
		Perano Head on the east coast of the island was the principal whaling station for the area.
		Arapawa Island is known for the breeds of pigs, sheep and goats found only on the island.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arapawa_island.htm (182 words)

	Encyclopedia: Arapawa Island
		Arapawa Island is a small island located in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north east tip of the South Island of New Zealand.
		It was from a hill on Arapawa Island in 1770 that Captain James Cook first saw the sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea, which was named Cook Strait.
		From the late 1820s until the mid 1960s, Arapawa Island was a base for whaling in the Sounds.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arapawa-Island (268 words)

	Marlborough Sounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Marlborough Sounds is an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the north of the South Island of New Zealand, connected with Cook Strait.
		Islands in the sounds include Arapawa Island and D'Urville Island.
		Marine farming is increasingly common, although the wake caused by fast catamaran vehicular ferry services to the North Island has been alleged to damage farms, and resulted in a dispute heard in the environment court.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/marlborough_sounds.html (229 words)

	Pacific Islands - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, and are traditionally grouped into three: (1) Melanesia, (2) Micronesia, and (3) Polynesia.
		These include the largest Pacific island, New Guinea, which is divided into the nation of Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.
		These islands include the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador; the Aleutian Islands in Alaska; the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands; the island nation of Japan, which includes the Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan; the Philippines; the South China Sea Islands; and most of the islands of Indonesia.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pa/pacific_islands.html (212 words)

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