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Feature shown on: NZMS260 D41 Edition 1 1995; NZTopo50-CB09 155256; 'Fiordland National Park, Greenstone Valley. Named by David McKellar and George Gunn in 1861 after the surveyor Francis Howden. In 1865 Howden examined Hector’s proposed route from Queenstown to the West Coast, and condemned it on account of the cost. He estimated that the construction of a dray road would amount to £250,000.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.