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Id:
ZLI/NL-019
Class
Island
Description
Feature shown on: NZMS260 P04 Q04; NZTopo50-AV29 871256; See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDQxQTcwQTRBRTEwMDg1Mjg4QTk); 'While lying to near Cape Brett on 27 November 1769, Captain James Cook recorded ‘several Canoes came off to the Ship, and 2 or 3 of them sold us some fish — Cavallys as they are called — which occasioned my giving the Islands the same name.’ Cavalli was the European name of the time for trevally, called araara by Maori.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
Public access to AZ
Distance from nearest road
4.073km
Lies within
DXCC
ZL
State / Territory
Region
Location
NZTM2000: 1687092, 6125577
 
WGS: 173.9545, -35.0087
Maidenhead
RF64xx
Active?
Yes
Valid From
1900-01-01


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