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Description
A small island approximately 1km north of Cathedral Cove on Coromandel Peninsula. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-BA35 489220; See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDE0NUE1MEFCNTEwMDg5NTVEMTM) 'Waikato, Mercury Bay. Captain James Cook entered the name on the chart as Tower Rock and, on 15 November 1769, described it as ‘a high Tower Rock which lies without the head’. Maori name: Moturoa, lit. motu: island; roa: long or high.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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