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Feature shown on: NZMS260 O27; NZTopo50-BP26ptBP27 360442; Named Île Pepin by Durmont D'Urville in 1827 for his wife, Adèle Dorothée Pepin. D'Urville similarly named Adele Island (now Motuareronui / Adele Island) to the northwest. The original Māori name is Māhēipuku, meaning a rounded sinker - J D Peart, Old Tasman Bay; 'Named in 1827 by Dumont d’Urville: lit. pepin: pip; or umbrella. Maroi name: Mahepuku lit. mahe: sinker; puku: rounded.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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