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Feature shown on: NZMS260 A44 A45; See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMEI0N0MxMEREMDBGRkEwMzQ1RkU); 'Named by Captain James Cook on his chart of Dusky Sound dated 1773 and published in 1777; he also used the name in Newfoundland for the island of Aki Aki. Thrums are ends of thread that give a shaggy appearance to cloth, and the name is here descriptive of the island.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.