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Id:
ZLI/SL-002
Class
Island
Description
Feature shown on: NZMS260 A44 A45; NZTopo50-CE04 965124; See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDc3MzNGQTE4ODBGRjkxN0U5QTU); 'Anchor Point: Named by Captain George Vancouver when he had the Discovery take refuge from a storm in this harbour in 1791. Captain Cook had named the harbour Anchor Cove when he anchored the Resolution off the island ‘so near the shore as to reach it with a hawser’, on 26 March 1773.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
Public access to AZ
Distance from nearest road
55.413km
DXCC
ZL
State / Territory
Region
Location
NZTM2000: 1096509, 4912374
 
WGS: 166.5254, -45.7584
Maidenhead
RE34gf
Area
1136.6 ha
Active?
Yes
Valid From
1900-01-01


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