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Feature shown on: NZMS260 B46 B47; NZTopo50-CF04 079738; 'Previously named Preservation Island. Captain John Lort Stokes changed the name to commemorate the discovery of coal here by Dr Charles Forbes, assistant surgeon on the Acheron.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.