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In Wet Jacket Arm between Dusky and Breaksea Sounds; Dr Geoffrey Orbell had suggested naming this island Swan Island in 1949, but Admiralty charts already showed this island as Oke Island. Oke Island was confirmed as the name by the Board.; 'After a crew member on the survey ship Acheron.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.