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Feature shown on: NZMS260 C42 Edition 1 1997; NZTopo50-CC07 729957; 'Fiordland National Park, west of Lake Te Anau. After Captain Edward Mitford Hankinson, RN, who came to join his brother Donald Hankinson at Te Anau station. Captain Hankinson surveyed Lake Te Anau and explored the country to its west of the lake, leaving his name to one of the lakes beyond North West Arm in Middle Fiord. However, Dr John Hall-Jones writes that it was named after its discoverer, Thomas Francis (Frank) Hankinson.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.