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Description
An island at 76m approximately 2km east of Waiheke Island in Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-BA33 960235; See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDgxMjk4QTJENTEwMURENTk5QTU); 'At one time known as Ruthes Island after Captain William Ruthe, who purchased the island some time after 1886 and farmed the land. Captain Ruthe died in 1924.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.