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Feature shown on: NZMS260 C42; NZTopo50-CC07 777847; 'Towards the end of December 1862 the surveyor James McKerrow and his assistants commenced a survey of Lake Te Anau in a rowboat. The islands of Middle Fiord reminded McKerrow of those off Ayrshire in Scotland, causing him to bestow the names Arran, Bute and Cumbrae in alphabetical sequence.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.