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Island at the entrance to Doubtful Sound/Patea, south of Secretary Island.; 'Named by the Italian navigator Alessandro Malaspina, leader of the Spanish expedition that visited New Zealand in 1793, after Don Felipe Bauzá, the officer of the armed boat that partially surveyed Doubtful Sound. Bauzá was the official director of charts and maps, and conducted the astronomical observations on the voyage.' Source: Dowling, Peter & A.W. Reed, New Zealand Place Names, 2025.