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List of New Zealand places named by James Cook

This is a list of New Zealand places named by James Cook. Cook was the first European navigator to circumnavigate and chart the archipelago. He chose names from dull to droll to descriptive, from metaphorical to a narrative of events, or to honour people and to record the existing Māori language names of places.[1] The list below is in the order described in Cook's journals of his first and second voyages to the Pacific.[2]

Chart of New Zealand explored 1769 and 1770 by Lieut. James Cook, commander of his majesty's barque Endeavour

First voyage edit

 
Young Nicks Head / Te Kuri o Pāoa
 
Whakaari - White Island Volcano
 
Mount Taranaki
 
Kapiti Island
 
Cape Koamaru

The first voyage was in New Zealand waters during late 1769 and early 1770.

Name (and today's name)[a] Date Reason for naming[b] Coords[c] Notes
Poverty Bay

(Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay)

11 October “because it afforded us no one thing we wanted” 38°42′00″S 177°58′00″E / 38.7°S 177.966667°E / -38.7; 177.966667 (Poverty Bay)
Young Nicks Head / Te Kuri o Pāoa 11 October After the 11-year-old boy who won a gallon of rum for being the first to sight land[3] 38°45′25″S 177°57′49″E / 38.757°S 177.9636°E / -38.757; 177.9636 (Young Nicks Head)
Table Cape

(Table Cape / Kahutara Point)

12 October Shape and flat top 39°06′54″S 177°59′42″E / 39.115°S 177.995°E / -39.115; 177.995 (Table Cape)
Isle of Portland

(Portland Island)

12 October "on account of its very great resemblance to Portland in the English Channel" 39°17′00″S 177°52′00″E / 39.283333°S 177.866667°E / -39.283333; 177.866667 (Portland Island)
Cape Kidnapper

(Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui)

15 October For the attempt to kidnap Tupaia's young acolyte, Taiata[4] 39°38′41″S 177°05′36″E / 39.644693°S 177.093258°E / -39.644693; 177.093258 (Cape Kidnappers)
Hawkes Bay 15 October Sir Edward Hawke 39°20′00″S 177°30′00″E / 39.333333°S 177.5°E / -39.333333; 177.5 (Hawkes Bay)
Cape Turnagain 17 October Cook sailed Endeavour south to this point, where upon meeting adverse conditions he turned and headed north again 40°29′30″S 176°37′02″E / 40.4916°S 176.6173°E / -40.4916; 176.6173 (Cape Turnagain)
Gable End Foreland Head 20 October "on account of the very great resemblance the white cliff at the very point hath to the Gable end of a House" 38°31′39″S 178°17′33″E / 38.5275°S 178.2925°E / -38.5275; 178.2925 (Gable End Foreland Head)
Tegadoo

(Anaura Bay)

22 October "hath nothing to recommend it I shall give no discription of it" 38°14′51″S 178°18′57″E / 38.247552°S 178.31593°E / -38.247552; 178.31593 (Anaura Bay)
Tolaga Bay 23 October The crew mistook the local name for this bay as Tolaga. It was actually Uawa[4] 38°22′00″S 178°18′00″E / 38.366667°S 178.3°E / -38.366667; 178.3 (Tolaga Bay)
East Cape 31 October Easternmost point of land on the whole coast 37°41′34″S 178°32′59″E / 37.6927°S 178.5497°E / -37.6927; 178.5497 (East Cape)
East Island

(East Island / Whangaokeno)

31 October Off East Cape 37°41′29″S 178°34′33″E / 37.691292°S 178.575861°E / -37.691292; 178.575861 (East Island)
Cape Runaway 31 October Five Māori waka frightened away by grape shot fired over their heads[4] 37°33′00″S 177°59′00″E / 37.55000°S 177.98333°E / -37.55000; 177.98333 (Cape Runaway)
Hicks's Bay

(Wharekahika / Hicks Bay)

First sited by Lieutenant Zachary Hickes 37°35′00″S 178°18′00″E / 37.58333°S 178.30000°E / -37.58333; 178.30000 (Hicks Bay) The lieutenant spelt his name Hickes; Cook wrote it without the "e" and it's stuck
White Island

(Whakaari / White Island)

1 November Appeared to be white in colour 37°31′10″S 177°10′54″E / 37.51944°S 177.18167°E / -37.51944; 177.18167 (White Island) White Island is an active volcano. It was evidently asleep at the time
Bay of Plenty (Bay of Plenty / Te Moana-a-Toi) In contrast to Poverty Bay 37°40′10″S 177°00′00″E / 37.66944°S 177.00000°E / -37.66944; 177.00000 (Bay of Plenty) The name and its connotation endures, despite being made from the deck of a ship out at sea[5]
Mowtohora

(Moutohora Island or Whale Island)

2 November 37°51′20″S 176°59′00″E / 37.85556°S 176.98333°E / -37.85556; 176.98333 (Moutohora Island)
Mount Edgecumbe

(Mount Edgecumbe / Putauaki

2 November 38°06′20″S 176°44′09″E / 38.10556°S 176.73583°E / -38.10556; 176.73583 (Moutohora Island)
Mayor Island

(Mayor Island / Tuhua)

3 November In recognition of the Lord Mayor's Day to be held in London a few days later 37°17′00″S 176°15′00″E / 37.28333°S 176.25000°E / -37.28333; 176.25000 (Mayor Island)
Aldermen Islands 3 November A cluster of islands and rocks reminiscent of the Court of Aldermen 36°58′00″S 176°05′00″E / 36.96667°S 176.08333°E / -36.96667; 176.08333 (Aldermen Island)
Mercury Bay 16 November Transit of Mercury observed from here 36°47′00″S 175°48′00″E / 36.78333°S 175.80000°E / -36.78333; 175.80000 (Mercury Bay) The long sandy beach in Mercury Bay where Cook landed in now called Cooks Beach
Opoorage (Purangi Estuary) 16 November Some scholars argue that Opoorage applied the whole of Mercury Bay[6][7] 36°51′45″S 175°42′19″E / 36.862592°S 175.70529°E / -36.862592; 175.70529 (Purangi Estuary)
River of Mangroves 16 November "As we did not learn that the Natives had any name for this River, I have called it the River of Mangroves, because of the great quantity of these Trees that are found in it"
Thames River

(Waihou River / Firth of Thames)

21 November "on account of its bearing some resemblance to that River in England" 37°10′4.8″S 175°32′29.76″E / 37.168000°S 175.5416000°E / -37.168000; 175.5416000 (Waihou River)
Cape Colvill

(Cape Colville)

24 November "in honour of the Right hon'ble the Lord Colvill" 36°28′11.3″S 175°20′43.07″E / 36.469806°S 175.3452972°E / -36.469806; 175.3452972 (Cape Colville) Cook served under Rear Admiral Lord Colville in Newfoundland
Barrier Isles

(Great Barrier Island)

24 November a chain of islands lying across the mouth of the harbour now known as Coromandel Harbour 36°10′00″S 175°23′00″E / 36.16667°S 175.38333°E / -36.16667; 175.38333 (Great Barrier Island)
Point Rodney

(Cape Rodney)

24 November 36°17′00″S 174°49′00″E / 36.28333°S 174.81667°E / -36.28333; 174.81667 (Cape Rodney)
Bream Bay 25 November "we caught between 90 and 100 Bream (a fish so called)" 35°56′45″S 174°31′00″E / 35.94583°S 174.51667°E / -35.94583; 174.51667 (Bream Bay) It is thought these fish were snapper. In a jovial mood, he called the two headlands of the bay, Bream Head and Bream Tail[8]
Hen and Chicken Islands 25 November A group of islands shaped like a hen and her chickens 35°56′00″S 174°44′00″E / 35.93333°S 174.73333°E / -35.93333; 174.73333 (Hen and Chicken Islands)
Poor Knights

(Poor Knights Islands)

25 November Possibly for a resemblance to a kind of dessert[9] 35°30′00″S 174°45′00″E / 35.50000°S 174.75000°E / -35.50000; 174.75000 (Poor Knights Islands)
Cape Brett

(Cape Brett Peninsula /Rākaumangamanga)

27 November After Peircy Brett 35°10′22.4″S 174°19′51.6″E / 35.172889°S 174.331000°E / -35.172889; 174.331000 (Cape Brett) “At the very point of the Cape is a high round Hillock… with a hole pierced thro' it like the Arch of a Bridge, and this was one reason why I gave the Cape the above name, because Piercy seem'd very proper for that of the Island”
Point Pococke

(Cape Wiwiki)

27 November 35°09′20″S 174°07′24″E / 35.15556°S 174.12333°E / -35.15556; 174.12333 (Cape Wiwiki)
Cavalle Isles

Cavalli Islands

27 November After the cavally fish sold to the crew from a passing Māori waka 34°58′00″S 173°58′00″E / 34.96667°S 173.96667°E / -34.96667; 173.96667 (Cavalli Islands)
Bay of Islands 5 December "on account of the Great Number which line its shores" 35°12′00″S 174°10′00″E / 35.20000°S 174.16667°E / -35.20000; 174.16667 (Bay of Islands)
Whale Rock

(Te Nunuhe Rock / Whale Rock)

5 December A sunken rock hit by Endeavour with no perceptible damage 35°10′30″S 174°15′39″E / 35.17500°S 174.26083°E / -35.17500; 174.26083 (Whale Rocktype:landmark)
Doubtless Bay 9 December "the wind not permitting us to look into this Bay" 34°55′15″S 173°27′55″E / 34.92083°S 173.46528°E / -34.92083; 173.46528 (Doubtless Bay)
Knockle Point

(Knuckle Point)

10 December Juts out from a Doubtless Bay headland 34°50′57″S 173°28′57″E / 34.84917°S 173.48250°E / -34.84917; 173.48250 (Knuckle Point)
Mount Camel

(Tohoraha / Mount Camel)

10 December A large hill with a small dip in the top, standing upon a barren desert-like shore[10] 34°49′14″S 173°09′34″E / 34.82056°S 173.15944°E / -34.82056; 173.15944 (Mount Camel)
Sandy Bay

(Rangaunu Bay)

10 December "nothing but white sand thrown up in low irregular hills" 34°48′22″S 173°15′34″E / 34.80611°S 173.25944°E / -34.80611; 173.25944 (Rangaunu Bay) From here Endeavour tacked out to the Three Kings Islands and back to Cape Maria van Dieman named by Abel Tasman
North Cape 19 December Northernmost point of land on the whole coast 34°24′55″S 173°03′04″E / 34.41528°S 173.05111°E / -34.41528; 173.05111 (North Cape)
False Bay

(Hokianga)

8 January "the appearance of a Bay or inlet, but I believe it is only low land" 35°31′23.88″S 173°22′42.96″E / 35.5233000°S 173.3786000°E / -35.5233000; 173.3786000 (Hokianga)
Woody Head 10 January Lushly wooded 37°51′51″S 174°45′24″E / 37.86417°S 174.75667°E / -37.86417; 174.75667 (Woody Head)
Gannet Island

(Motutakupu Island / Gannet Island))

10 January "on account of the Great Number of these Birds we saw upon it" 36°41′04″S 175°22′26″E / 36.68444°S 175.37389°E / -36.68444; 175.37389 (Motutakupu Island)
Albetross Point

(Albatross Point)

10 January After the birdlife 38°06′27″S 174°41′03″E / 38.10750°S 174.68417°E / -38.10750; 174.68417 (Albatross Point)
Mount Egmont

(Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont)

13 January After the Earl of Egmont, First Lord of the Admiralty from 1763 to 1766 39°17′46″S 174°03′50″E / 39.29611°S 174.06389°E / -39.29611; 174.06389 (Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont) Today, the volcano has two official names
Cape Egmont 13 January At the foot of Mount Egmont 39°16′33″S 173°45′12″E / 39.27583°S 173.75333°E / -39.27583; 173.75333 (Cape Egmont)
Sugar Loaf Isles

(Sugar Loaf Islands / Ngā Motu)

13 January Sugar Loaf Point on the mainland "riseth to a good height in the very form of a Sugar Loaf" 39°02′58″S 174°01′40″E / 39.04944°S 174.02778°E / -39.04944; 174.02778 (Sugar Loaf Islands)
Entry Isle

(Kapiti Island)

14 February A high remarkable Island guarding the entrance to Cooks Strait 40°52′00″S 174°54′00″E / 40.86667°S 174.90000°E / -40.86667; 174.90000 (Kapiti Island)
Queen Charlotte's Sound

(Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui)

15 January Queen Charlotte, the wife of the reigning British monarch 41°15′00″S 174°00′57.18″E / 41.25000°S 174.0158833°E / -41.25000; 174.0158833 (Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui)
Ship Cove

(Meretoto / Ship Cove)

16 January Here the ship Endeavour was careened "(she being very foul)" 41°05′35″S 174°14′20″E / 41.09306°S 174.23889°E / -41.09306; 174.23889 (Meretoto / Ship Cove) Cook returned here numerous times, using it as a base on his second and third voyages
Isle Hamote

(Long Island)

31 January An island in the outer Queen Charlotte Sound 41°06′49.67″S 174°17′4.32″E / 41.1137972°S 174.2845333°E / -41.1137972; 174.2845333 (Long Island)
West Bay

(Endeavour Inlet)

A placeholder name until someone came up with a better one[11] 41°07′49″S 174°10′25″E / 41.13028°S 174.17361°E / -41.13028; 174.17361 (Endeavour Inlet)
Cannibals Cove

(Anaho)

A bay, possibly called Anahou or Anaho, was labelled by Cook and several others as "Cannibals Cove" on their maps[12] 41°04′45″S 174°15′10″E / 41.07917°S 174.25278°E / -41.07917; 174.25278 (Cannibal Cove)
Motuouru Island

Motuara Island)

31 January An island in the outer Queen Charlotte Sound where there was a pa 41°04′52″S 174°15′22″E / 41.08111°S 174.25611°E / -41.08111; 174.25611 (Motuara Island) After gaining permission from Topaa, an elder from the pa, Cook and his men erected a post on the highest part of the Island, and hoisted the British flag[4]
Eahei no Mauwe

(North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui)

On 29 January, Cook climbed to "the Top of a pretty high hill" on Arapaoa Island, and later after consulting with Topaa,[4] he determined that the land he had seen to north...
T’avai Poenammoo

(South Island or Te Waipounamu)

31 January ... and to the south (from where he had stood) was not part of a continent, but rather two islands separated by a strait
Cook's Strait

(Cook Strait)

"some of the Officers had just started, that Aeheino Mouwe was not an Island… For my own part, I had seen so far into this Sea the first time I discover'd the Strait, together with many other Concurrent testimonies of its being an Island, that no such supposition ever enter'd my thoughts; but being resolved to clear up every doubt that might Arise on so important an Object, I steer'd North-East" until all the officers were satisfied 41°13′46″S 174°28′59″E / 41.22944°S 174.48306°E / -41.22944; 174.48306 (Cook Strait) While this name appears on Cook's chart, it is worth noting Cook is not known for naming places after himself, and it is speculated that Joseph Banks bestowed the name of the strait (or as Banks spells it in his diary "Cooks streights")[13][14]
Cape Teerawhitte

Cape Terawhiti

31 January A cape to the east on the North Island side of Cook Strait 41°17′3.71″S 174°36′47.78″E / 41.2843639°S 174.6132722°E / -41.2843639; 174.6132722 (Cape Terawhiti) Some scholars have pointed out that Topaa may simply have pointed out "east" rather than a particular headland[15]
Cape Koamaroo

Cape Koamaru

7 February Southeast head of Queen Charlotte Sound "called by the Natives, Koamaroo" 41°05′18″S 174°22′53″E / 41.08833°S 174.38139°E / -41.08833; 174.38139 (Cape Koamarutype:landmark) Similar to Cape Terawhiti, this name may have been misinterpreted
Cape Pallisser

(Cape Palliser)

7 February After Hugh Palliser 41°36′49″S 175°17′25″E / 41.61361°S 175.29028°E / -41.61361; 175.29028 (Cape Palliser) Palliser was captain of HMS Eagle, Cook's first ship in the Royal Navy
Cloudy Bay

(Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay)

7 February Weather cloudy 41°27′00″S 174°10′00″E / 41.45000°S 174.16667°E / -41.45000; 174.16667 (Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay)
Cape Campbel

(Cape Campbel) / Te Karaka)

8 February John Campbell,[16] who introduced Cook to the Royal Society[6] 41°44′13.92″S 174°16′33.6″E / 41.7372000°S 174.276000°E / -41.7372000; 174.276000 (Cape Campbell)
Castle Point
Castlepoint
11 February A remarkable hillock 40°54′41″S 176°13′09″E / 40.91139°S 176.21917°E / -40.91139; 176.21917 (Castlepoint)
Lookers-on

(Kaikoura Peninsula)

14 February The occupants of four waka gazed in wonder, but could be tempted to paddle closer[17] 42°25′54″S 173°42′39″E / 42.43167°S 173.71083°E / -42.43167; 173.71083 (Kaikoura Peninsula)
Flat Point 11 February An unremarkable hillock 41°14′44″S 175°57′51″E / 41.24556°S 175.96417°E / -41.24556; 175.96417 (Flat Point)
Gore's Bay

(Gore Bay, New Zealand)

16 February Presumably to flatter Lieutenant Gore following a fruitless search for land that Gore saw, or thought he saw out to sea east of Banks Island. Cook was certain it was clouds[6] 42°51′33″S 173°18′33″E / 42.85917°S 173.30917°E / -42.85917; 173.30917 (Gore Bay)
Banks Island

(Banks Peninsula)

17 February After Joseph Banks 43°45′00″S 172°49′58.8″E / 43.75000°S 172.833000°E / -43.75000; 172.833000 (Banks Peninsula) Cook mistook Banks Peninsula for an island – one of his few mistakes[18]
Cape Saunders 25 February Charles Saunders 45°52′24.77″S 170°44′4.94″E / 45.8735472°S 170.7347056°E / -45.8735472; 170.7347056 (Cape Saunders)
South East Bay

(Foveaux Strait)

"we could not see this land join to that to the Northward of us, there either being a total separation, a deep Bay, or low land between them" 46°40′12″S 168°10′48″E / 46.67000°S 168.18000°E / -46.67000; 168.18000 (Foveaux Strait) Along with South East Bay and Bench Island, Cook initially draw Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island / Rakiura on his chart; however, he later amended it to depict Steward Island as a peninsula, possibly to hide his discovery for reasons of military and colonial policy or more likely because he made an error, as his focus was on finding the southern extent of New Zealand, and conditions were unfavourable for more closely exploring the possible strait
Bench Island

(Ruapuke Island)

6 March "low land, making like an Island" 46°47′0″S 168°30′0″E / 46.78333°S 168.50000°E / -46.78333; 168.50000 (Ruapuke Island)
The Traps

(North Trap and South Trap)

9 March Ledges of rock, that lie "such as to catch unwary Strangers", from which Endeavour had "a very fortunate Escape" 47°23′00″S 167°51′00″E / 47.38333°S 167.85000°E / -47.38333; 167.85000 (North Trap)
South Cape

(South Cape / Whiore)

10 March Southernmost point of land on the whole coast 47°17′33″S 167°32′57″E / 47.29250°S 167.54917°E / -47.29250; 167.54917 (South Cape / Whiore)
Solander's Isles

(Solander Islands / Hautere)

11 March Daniel Solander 46°34′21″S 166°53′47″E / 46.57250°S 166.89639°E / -46.57250; 166.89639 (Solander Island / Hautere)
West Cape 14 March Westernmost point of land upon the whole Coast 45°54′36″S 166°26′17″E / 45.91000°S 166.43806°E / -45.91000; 166.43806 (West Cape)
Dusky Bay

(Dusky Sound)

14 March Cook wanted to go in but found the distance too great to run before dusk 45°45′45″S 166°35′01″E / 45.76250°S 166.58361°E / -45.76250; 166.58361 (Dusky Sound)
Five Fingers Point 14 March "5 high peaked rocks, standing up like the 4 fingers and thumb of a Man's hand" 45°44′29″S 166°27′17″E / 45.74139°S 166.45472°E / -45.74139; 166.45472 (Five Fingers Point)
Doubtful Harbour

(Doubtful Sound / Patea)

14 March "it certainly would have been highly imprudent in me to have put into a place where we could not have got out" 45°16′06″S 166°52′00″E / 45.26833°S 166.86667°E / -45.26833; 166.86667 (Doubtful Sound / Patea) "I mention this because there was some on board that wanted me to harbour at any rate, without in the least Considering either the present or future Consequences"
Mistaken Bay

(in vicinity of Big Bay)

16 March "appearance of an inlet into the land; but upon a nearer approach found that it was only a deep Valley" 44°17′11″S 168°04′01″E / 44.28639°S 168.06694°E / -44.28639; 168.06694 (Big Bay)
Cascades Point

(Cascade Point)

17 March "deep Red Clifts, down which falls 4 Small streams of Water" 44°00′31″S 168°22′00″E / 44.00861°S 168.36667°E / -44.00861; 168.36667 (Cascade Point)
Open Bay

(Jackson Bay / Okahu)

17 March 43°58′48″S 168°37′55″E / 43.98000°S 168.63194°E / -43.98000; 168.63194 (Kaikoura Peninsula)
Snowey Mouintains

(Southern Alps)

18 March Cook did not sight (or name) Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand; however, he did describe the range of snow covered alps that runs down the island almost from one end to the other
Cape Foulwind About 21 March Foul gales for days on end 41°44′43″S 171°28′08″E / 41.74528°S 171.46889°E / -41.74528; 171.46889 (Cape Foulwind)
Rocks Point 23 March Many dangerous rocks awash 40°51′00″S 172°08′00″E / 40.85000°S 172.13333°E / -40.85000; 172.13333 (Rocks Point)
Admiralty Bay 31 March Seeking a promotion? 40°56′27″S 173°52′29″E / 40.94083°S 173.87472°E / -40.94083; 173.87472 (Admiralty Bay)
Stephens Island

(Stephens Island / Takapourewa)

31 March Philip Stephens 40°40′14″S 173°59′54″E / 40.67056°S 173.99833°E / -40.67056; 173.99833 (Stephens Island / Takapourewa)
Cape Stephens 31 March Northernmost point of Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island 40°41′32″S 173°57′57″E / 40.69222°S 173.96583°E / -40.69222; 173.96583 (Cape Stephens)
Blind Bay

(Golden Bay / Mohua and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere)

31 March A deep dead end bay 40°37′15″S 172°56′14″E / 40.62083°S 172.93722°E / -40.62083; 172.93722 (Golden Bay / Mohua)

40°59′56″S 173°28′09″E / 40.99889°S 173.46917°E / -40.99889; 173.46917 (Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere)

Now recognised as two bays divided by Separation Point / Te Matau
Cape Jackson 31 March George Jackson 40°59′38″S 174°18′53″E / 40.99389°S 174.31472°E / -40.99389; 174.31472 (Cape Jackson)
Cape Farewell 31 March He made his farewells, and sailed away, steering west on his long voyage home 40°29′54″S 172°41′19″E / 40.49833°S 172.68861°E / -40.49833; 172.68861 (Cape Farewell)

Second Voyage edit

 
Cook's sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand, 1773
 
An engraving on the boardwalk at Astronomer Point that describes James Cook and the Resolution's visit to Pickersgill Harbour, 1773

In the autumn of 1773, Cook and the crew of Resolution recuperated in Dusky Sound / Tamatea, after 122 days at sea in the Pacific and Southern Ocean.[19][20][21][22][23]

Name (and today's name) Date Reason for naming Coords Notes
South Point 26 March Point of land at the southern entrance to the fjord 45°48′48″S 166°27′18″E / 45.81333°S 166.45506°E / -45.81333; 166.45506 (South Point)
Anchor Island 26 March The first place the Resolution anchored 45°44′38″S 166°30′29″E / 45.743808°S 166.508102°E / -45.743808; 166.508102 (Anchor Island)
Pickersgill Harbour 27 March A convenient Harbour discovered by Richard Pickersgill where the Resolution moored for after 122 days at sea in the Pacific and sub-Antarctic waters 45°47′38″S 166°34′50″E / 45.79382°S 166.58060°E / -45.79382; 166.58060 (Pickersgill Harbour) Astronomer Point, where William Wales established an observatory, was named later on
Indian Cove (Cascade Cove) 2 April After a Tamatea family who “seemed rather afraid when we approached the Rock with our Boat, he however stood firm” 45°48′00″S 166°36′00″E / 45.80000°S 166.60000°E / -45.80000; 166.60000 (Cascade Cove)
Luncheon Cove 2 April Ate their lunch 45°46′00″S 166°31′30″E / 45.76667°S 166.52500°E / -45.76667; 166.52500 (Luncheon Cove)
Supper Cove 2 April Ate their dinner 45°42′31″S 166°56′56″E / 45.70874°S 166.94876°E / -45.70874; 166.94876 (Supper Cove)
Resolution Island 6 April The ship that brought them there[24] 45°38′35″S 166°35′03″E / 45.643148°S 166.584063°E / -45.643148; 166.584063 (Resolution Island)
Duck Cove 6 April “In this Cove we shott fourteen Ducks” 45°43′41″S 166°36′20″E / 45.728053°S 166.605606°E / -45.728053; 166.605606 (Duck Cove)
Indian Island 6 April Cook befriended the indigenous people here[25] 45°46′41″S 166°35′14″E / 45.77818°S 166.58723°E / -45.77818; 166.58723 (Indian Island)
Places named in vicinity of Anchor Island:
  • Shelter Cove
  • Seal Islands
  • Many Islands
  • No Mans Island
  • Stop Island
  • Thrum Cap
  • Passage Islands
  • Prove Island
  • Seal Rock
  • Anchor Point
  • Useless Island
  • Little Harbour and islands
  • Anchor Island and Harbour
  • Petrel Islands
12–17 Apr Thrum caps are the unspun raw wool hats worn by sailors
Places named on western side of Resolution Island:
  • Fixed Head
  • The Bason
  • Earshell Cove
  • Boat Passage
  • Pigeon Island
  • Facile Harbour
  • Parrot Island
  • Cormorant Cove
  • Goose Cove
  • Shag River
12–17 Apr
Long Island 20 April A very long island 45°45′55″S 166°38′09″E / 45.765248°S 166.635904°E / -45.765248; 166.635904 (Long Island)
Other places named in vicinity of Long Island:
  • Curlew Island
  • Small Creek
  • Narrow Creek
  • Detention Cove
  • West Point
  • Station Island
  • East Point
  • Front Islands
  • Cooper Island
  • Shag Islands
  • Sportsman Cove
  • Two Sisters
20 April Cook Channel lies between Long Island the mainland, but needless to say Cook did not this after himself
Goose Cove 23 Apr Released five geese they brought with them from Cape of Good Hope 45°41′00″S 166°33′00″E / 45.68333°S 166.55000°E / -45.68333; 166.55000 (Goose Cove)
Lake Forster 23 Apr Georg Forster 45°48′00″S 166°34′00″E / 45.80000°S 166.56667°E / -45.80000; 166.56667 (Lake Forster Cove) Cook Stream runs from the lake into Pickersgill Harbour, but Cook did not name that after himself either
Passage (Acheron Passage) 5 May 45°39′24″S 166°43′29″E / 45.65680°S 166.72465°E / -45.65680; 166.72465 (Acheron Passage)
Passage Point 5 May 45°43′45″S 166°43′45″E / 45.72917°S 166.72917°E / -45.72917; 166.72917 (Passage Point)
Occasional Cove 6 May 45°37′00″S 166°42′20″E / 45.61667°S 166.70556°E / -45.61667; 166.70556 (Occasional Covetype:waterbody)
Wet Jacket Arm 8 May Richard Pickersgill coped a downpour there[26] 45°40′00″S 166°45′00″E / 45.66667°S 166.75000°E / -45.66667; 166.75000 (Wet Jacket Arm)
Places named in inner Breaksea Sound / Puaitaha:
  • Sunday Cove
  • Harbour Island
  • Beach Harbour
  • First Cove
  • Second Cove
  • Third Cove
  • Apparent Island
  • Nobody knows what (Broughton Arm)
9 May Sunday Cove was visited on a Sunday.

Apparently, Apparent Island was an apparition, because it does not exist.

Cook call Broughton Arm “Nobody knows what” because he did not have time to explore it. In 1791, George Vancouver did have time renamed it “Somebody knows what”[26]
Places named in outer Breaksea Sound / Puaitaha:
  • Entry Island
  • Gilbert Islands
  • Disappointment Cove
  • Woodhen Cove
  • Breaksea Island
11 May Breaksea Island is so named because it protects the western entrance (now called Breaksea Sound / Puaitaha) from the violent and predominant southwest swell[26] From here Resolution set sail for Queen Charlotte Sound

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Over time the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has implemented naming conventions and set about agreeing dual or alternate place names that remember both the Māori and European heritage of New Zealand; hence, where appropriate, today’s name is shown in brackets
  2. ^ Unless otherwise cited, all reasons come Cook's journals. Direct quotations are shown in double quotes
  3. ^ The shown coordinates are the actual latitude and longitude; although it is worth noting that Cook’s coordinates were accurate more often than not

References edit

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  3. ^ Wilson-Anastasios, Meaghan (2011). In the Wake of Captain Cook, With Sam Neill. Sydney, NSW, Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 82. ISBN 9781460756393.
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  8. ^ Land Information New Zealand. "Paepae-o-Tū / Bream Tail, Bream Head, Bream Bay". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  9. ^ Land Information New Zealand. "Place names from Cook's voyages – Poor Knights Islands". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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This is a list of New Zealand places named by James Cook Cook was the first European navigator to circumnavigate and chart the archipelago He chose names from dull to droll to descriptive from metaphorical to a narrative of events or to honour people and to record the existing Maori language names of places 1 The list below is in the order described in Cook s journals of his first and second voyages to the Pacific 2 Chart of New Zealand explored 1769 and 1770 by Lieut James Cook commander of his majesty s barque Endeavour Contents 1 First voyage 2 Second Voyage 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesFirst voyage edit nbsp Young Nicks Head Te Kuri o Paoa nbsp Whakaari White Island Volcano nbsp Mount Taranaki nbsp Kapiti Island nbsp Cape KoamaruThe first voyage was in New Zealand waters during late 1769 and early 1770 Name and today s name a Date Reason for naming b Coords c NotesPoverty Bay Turanganui a Kiwa Poverty Bay 11 October because it afforded us no one thing we wanted 38 42 00 S 177 58 00 E 38 7 S 177 966667 E 38 7 177 966667 Poverty Bay Young Nicks Head Te Kuri o Paoa 11 October After the 11 year old boy who won a gallon of rum for being the first to sight land 3 38 45 25 S 177 57 49 E 38 757 S 177 9636 E 38 757 177 9636 Young Nicks Head Table Cape Table Cape Kahutara Point 12 October Shape and flat top 39 06 54 S 177 59 42 E 39 115 S 177 995 E 39 115 177 995 Table Cape Isle of Portland Portland Island 12 October on account of its very great resemblance to Portland in the English Channel 39 17 00 S 177 52 00 E 39 283333 S 177 866667 E 39 283333 177 866667 Portland Island Cape Kidnapper Cape Kidnappers Te Kauwae a Maui 15 October For the attempt to kidnap Tupaia s young acolyte Taiata 4 39 38 41 S 177 05 36 E 39 644693 S 177 093258 E 39 644693 177 093258 Cape Kidnappers Hawkes Bay 15 October Sir Edward Hawke 39 20 00 S 177 30 00 E 39 333333 S 177 5 E 39 333333 177 5 Hawkes Bay Cape Turnagain 17 October Cook sailed Endeavour south to this point where upon meeting adverse conditions he turned and headed north again 40 29 30 S 176 37 02 E 40 4916 S 176 6173 E 40 4916 176 6173 Cape Turnagain Gable End Foreland Head 20 October on account of the very great resemblance the white cliff at the very point hath to the Gable end of a House 38 31 39 S 178 17 33 E 38 5275 S 178 2925 E 38 5275 178 2925 Gable End Foreland Head Tegadoo Anaura Bay 22 October hath nothing to recommend it I shall give no discription of it 38 14 51 S 178 18 57 E 38 247552 S 178 31593 E 38 247552 178 31593 Anaura Bay Tolaga Bay 23 October The crew mistook the local name for this bay as Tolaga It was actually Uawa 4 38 22 00 S 178 18 00 E 38 366667 S 178 3 E 38 366667 178 3 Tolaga Bay East Cape 31 October Easternmost point of land on the whole coast 37 41 34 S 178 32 59 E 37 6927 S 178 5497 E 37 6927 178 5497 East Cape East Island East Island Whangaokeno 31 October Off East Cape 37 41 29 S 178 34 33 E 37 691292 S 178 575861 E 37 691292 178 575861 East Island Cape Runaway 31 October Five Maori waka frightened away by grape shot fired over their heads 4 37 33 00 S 177 59 00 E 37 55000 S 177 98333 E 37 55000 177 98333 Cape Runaway Hicks s Bay Wharekahika Hicks Bay First sited by Lieutenant Zachary Hickes 37 35 00 S 178 18 00 E 37 58333 S 178 30000 E 37 58333 178 30000 Hicks Bay The lieutenant spelt his name Hickes Cook wrote it without the e and it s stuckWhite Island Whakaari White Island 1 November Appeared to be white in colour 37 31 10 S 177 10 54 E 37 51944 S 177 18167 E 37 51944 177 18167 White Island White Island is an active volcano It was evidently asleep at the timeBay of Plenty Bay of Plenty Te Moana a Toi In contrast to Poverty Bay 37 40 10 S 177 00 00 E 37 66944 S 177 00000 E 37 66944 177 00000 Bay of Plenty The name and its connotation endures despite being made from the deck of a ship out at sea 5 Mowtohora Moutohora Island or Whale Island 2 November 37 51 20 S 176 59 00 E 37 85556 S 176 98333 E 37 85556 176 98333 Moutohora Island Mount Edgecumbe Mount Edgecumbe Putauaki 2 November 38 06 20 S 176 44 09 E 38 10556 S 176 73583 E 38 10556 176 73583 Moutohora Island Mayor Island Mayor Island Tuhua 3 November In recognition of the Lord Mayor s Day to be held in London a few days later 37 17 00 S 176 15 00 E 37 28333 S 176 25000 E 37 28333 176 25000 Mayor Island Aldermen Islands 3 November A cluster of islands and rocks reminiscent of the Court of Aldermen 36 58 00 S 176 05 00 E 36 96667 S 176 08333 E 36 96667 176 08333 Aldermen Island Mercury Bay 16 November Transit of Mercury observed from here 36 47 00 S 175 48 00 E 36 78333 S 175 80000 E 36 78333 175 80000 Mercury Bay The long sandy beach in Mercury Bay where Cook landed in now called Cooks BeachOpoorage Purangi Estuary 16 November Some scholars argue that Opoorage applied the whole of Mercury Bay 6 7 36 51 45 S 175 42 19 E 36 862592 S 175 70529 E 36 862592 175 70529 Purangi Estuary River of Mangroves 16 November As we did not learn that the Natives had any name for this River I have called it the River of Mangroves because of the great quantity of these Trees that are found in it Thames River Waihou River Firth of Thames 21 November on account of its bearing some resemblance to that River in England 37 10 4 8 S 175 32 29 76 E 37 168000 S 175 5416000 E 37 168000 175 5416000 Waihou River Cape Colvill Cape Colville 24 November in honour of the Right hon ble the Lord Colvill 36 28 11 3 S 175 20 43 07 E 36 469806 S 175 3452972 E 36 469806 175 3452972 Cape Colville Cook served under Rear Admiral Lord Colville in NewfoundlandBarrier Isles Great Barrier Island 24 November a chain of islands lying across the mouth of the harbour now known as Coromandel Harbour 36 10 00 S 175 23 00 E 36 16667 S 175 38333 E 36 16667 175 38333 Great Barrier Island Point Rodney Cape Rodney 24 November 36 17 00 S 174 49 00 E 36 28333 S 174 81667 E 36 28333 174 81667 Cape Rodney Bream Bay 25 November we caught between 90 and 100 Bream a fish so called 35 56 45 S 174 31 00 E 35 94583 S 174 51667 E 35 94583 174 51667 Bream Bay It is thought these fish were snapper In a jovial mood he called the two headlands of the bay Bream Head and Bream Tail 8 Hen and Chicken Islands 25 November A group of islands shaped like a hen and her chickens 35 56 00 S 174 44 00 E 35 93333 S 174 73333 E 35 93333 174 73333 Hen and Chicken Islands Poor Knights Poor Knights Islands 25 November Possibly for a resemblance to a kind of dessert 9 35 30 00 S 174 45 00 E 35 50000 S 174 75000 E 35 50000 174 75000 Poor Knights Islands Cape Brett Cape Brett Peninsula Rakaumangamanga 27 November After Peircy Brett 35 10 22 4 S 174 19 51 6 E 35 172889 S 174 331000 E 35 172889 174 331000 Cape Brett At the very point of the Cape is a high round Hillock with a hole pierced thro it like the Arch of a Bridge and this was one reason why I gave the Cape the above name because Piercy seem d very proper for that of the Island Point Pococke Cape Wiwiki 27 November 35 09 20 S 174 07 24 E 35 15556 S 174 12333 E 35 15556 174 12333 Cape Wiwiki Cavalle Isles Cavalli Islands 27 November After the cavally fish sold to the crew from a passing Maori waka 34 58 00 S 173 58 00 E 34 96667 S 173 96667 E 34 96667 173 96667 Cavalli Islands Bay of Islands 5 December on account of the Great Number which line its shores 35 12 00 S 174 10 00 E 35 20000 S 174 16667 E 35 20000 174 16667 Bay of Islands Whale Rock Te Nunuhe Rock Whale Rock 5 December A sunken rock hit by Endeavour with no perceptible damage 35 10 30 S 174 15 39 E 35 17500 S 174 26083 E 35 17500 174 26083 Whale Rocktype landmark Doubtless Bay 9 December the wind not permitting us to look into this Bay 34 55 15 S 173 27 55 E 34 92083 S 173 46528 E 34 92083 173 46528 Doubtless Bay Knockle Point Knuckle Point 10 December Juts out from a Doubtless Bay headland 34 50 57 S 173 28 57 E 34 84917 S 173 48250 E 34 84917 173 48250 Knuckle Point Mount Camel Tohoraha Mount Camel 10 December A large hill with a small dip in the top standing upon a barren desert like shore 10 34 49 14 S 173 09 34 E 34 82056 S 173 15944 E 34 82056 173 15944 Mount Camel Sandy Bay Rangaunu Bay 10 December nothing but white sand thrown up in low irregular hills 34 48 22 S 173 15 34 E 34 80611 S 173 25944 E 34 80611 173 25944 Rangaunu Bay From here Endeavour tacked out to the Three Kings Islands and back to Cape Maria van Dieman named by Abel TasmanNorth Cape 19 December Northernmost point of land on the whole coast 34 24 55 S 173 03 04 E 34 41528 S 173 05111 E 34 41528 173 05111 North Cape False Bay Hokianga 8 January the appearance of a Bay or inlet but I believe it is only low land 35 31 23 88 S 173 22 42 96 E 35 5233000 S 173 3786000 E 35 5233000 173 3786000 Hokianga Woody Head 10 January Lushly wooded 37 51 51 S 174 45 24 E 37 86417 S 174 75667 E 37 86417 174 75667 Woody Head Gannet Island Motutakupu Island Gannet Island 10 January on account of the Great Number of these Birds we saw upon it 36 41 04 S 175 22 26 E 36 68444 S 175 37389 E 36 68444 175 37389 Motutakupu Island Albetross Point Albatross Point 10 January After the birdlife 38 06 27 S 174 41 03 E 38 10750 S 174 68417 E 38 10750 174 68417 Albatross Point Mount Egmont Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont 13 January After the Earl of Egmont First Lord of the Admiralty from 1763 to 1766 39 17 46 S 174 03 50 E 39 29611 S 174 06389 E 39 29611 174 06389 Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont Today the volcano has two official namesCape Egmont 13 January At the foot of Mount Egmont 39 16 33 S 173 45 12 E 39 27583 S 173 75333 E 39 27583 173 75333 Cape Egmont Sugar Loaf Isles Sugar Loaf Islands Nga Motu 13 January Sugar Loaf Point on the mainland riseth to a good height in the very form of a Sugar Loaf 39 02 58 S 174 01 40 E 39 04944 S 174 02778 E 39 04944 174 02778 Sugar Loaf Islands Entry Isle Kapiti Island 14 February A high remarkable Island guarding the entrance to Cooks Strait 40 52 00 S 174 54 00 E 40 86667 S 174 90000 E 40 86667 174 90000 Kapiti Island Queen Charlotte s Sound Queen Charlotte Sound Tōtaranui 15 January Queen Charlotte the wife of the reigning British monarch 41 15 00 S 174 00 57 18 E 41 25000 S 174 0158833 E 41 25000 174 0158833 Queen Charlotte Sound Tōtaranui Ship Cove Meretoto Ship Cove 16 January Here the ship Endeavour was careened she being very foul 41 05 35 S 174 14 20 E 41 09306 S 174 23889 E 41 09306 174 23889 Meretoto Ship Cove Cook returned here numerous times using it as a base on his second and third voyagesIsle Hamote Long Island 31 January An island in the outer Queen Charlotte Sound 41 06 49 67 S 174 17 4 32 E 41 1137972 S 174 2845333 E 41 1137972 174 2845333 Long Island West Bay Endeavour Inlet A placeholder name until someone came up with a better one 11 41 07 49 S 174 10 25 E 41 13028 S 174 17361 E 41 13028 174 17361 Endeavour Inlet Cannibals Cove Anaho A bay possibly called Anahou or Anaho was labelled by Cook and several others as Cannibals Cove on their maps 12 41 04 45 S 174 15 10 E 41 07917 S 174 25278 E 41 07917 174 25278 Cannibal Cove Motuouru Island Motuara Island 31 January An island in the outer Queen Charlotte Sound where there was a pa 41 04 52 S 174 15 22 E 41 08111 S 174 25611 E 41 08111 174 25611 Motuara Island After gaining permission from Topaa an elder from the pa Cook and his men erected a post on the highest part of the Island and hoisted the British flag 4 Eahei no Mauwe North Island or Te Ika a Maui On 29 January Cook climbed to the Top of a pretty high hill on Arapaoa Island and later after consulting with Topaa 4 he determined that the land he had seen to north T avai Poenammoo South Island or Te Waipounamu 31 January and to the south from where he had stood was not part of a continent but rather two islands separated by a straitCook s Strait Cook Strait some of the Officers had just started that Aeheino Mouwe was not an Island For my own part I had seen so far into this Sea the first time I discover d the Strait together with many other Concurrent testimonies of its being an Island that no such supposition ever enter d my thoughts but being resolved to clear up every doubt that might Arise on so important an Object I steer d North East until all the officers were satisfied 41 13 46 S 174 28 59 E 41 22944 S 174 48306 E 41 22944 174 48306 Cook Strait While this name appears on Cook s chart it is worth noting Cook is not known for naming places after himself and it is speculated that Joseph Banks bestowed the name of the strait or as Banks spells it in his diary Cooks streights 13 14 Cape Teerawhitte Cape Terawhiti 31 January A cape to the east on the North Island side of Cook Strait 41 17 3 71 S 174 36 47 78 E 41 2843639 S 174 6132722 E 41 2843639 174 6132722 Cape Terawhiti Some scholars have pointed out that Topaa may simply have pointed out east rather than a particular headland 15 Cape Koamaroo Cape Koamaru 7 February Southeast head of Queen Charlotte Sound called by the Natives Koamaroo 41 05 18 S 174 22 53 E 41 08833 S 174 38139 E 41 08833 174 38139 Cape Koamarutype landmark Similar to Cape Terawhiti this name may have been misinterpretedCape Pallisser Cape Palliser 7 February After Hugh Palliser 41 36 49 S 175 17 25 E 41 61361 S 175 29028 E 41 61361 175 29028 Cape Palliser Palliser was captain of HMS Eagle Cook s first ship in the Royal NavyCloudy Bay Te Koko o Kupe Cloudy Bay 7 February Weather cloudy 41 27 00 S 174 10 00 E 41 45000 S 174 16667 E 41 45000 174 16667 Te Koko o Kupe Cloudy Bay Cape Campbel Cape Campbel Te Karaka 8 February John Campbell 16 who introduced Cook to the Royal Society 6 41 44 13 92 S 174 16 33 6 E 41 7372000 S 174 276000 E 41 7372000 174 276000 Cape Campbell Castle Point Castlepoint 11 February A remarkable hillock 40 54 41 S 176 13 09 E 40 91139 S 176 21917 E 40 91139 176 21917 Castlepoint Lookers on Kaikoura Peninsula 14 February The occupants of four waka gazed in wonder but could be tempted to paddle closer 17 42 25 54 S 173 42 39 E 42 43167 S 173 71083 E 42 43167 173 71083 Kaikoura Peninsula Flat Point 11 February An unremarkable hillock 41 14 44 S 175 57 51 E 41 24556 S 175 96417 E 41 24556 175 96417 Flat Point Gore s Bay Gore Bay New Zealand 16 February Presumably to flatter Lieutenant Gore following a fruitless search for land that Gore saw or thought he saw out to sea east of Banks Island Cook was certain it was clouds 6 42 51 33 S 173 18 33 E 42 85917 S 173 30917 E 42 85917 173 30917 Gore Bay Banks Island Banks Peninsula 17 February After Joseph Banks 43 45 00 S 172 49 58 8 E 43 75000 S 172 833000 E 43 75000 172 833000 Banks Peninsula Cook mistook Banks Peninsula for an island one of his few mistakes 18 Cape Saunders 25 February Charles Saunders 45 52 24 77 S 170 44 4 94 E 45 8735472 S 170 7347056 E 45 8735472 170 7347056 Cape Saunders South East Bay Foveaux Strait we could not see this land join to that to the Northward of us there either being a total separation a deep Bay or low land between them 46 40 12 S 168 10 48 E 46 67000 S 168 18000 E 46 67000 168 18000 Foveaux Strait Along with South East Bay and Bench Island Cook initially draw Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island Rakiura on his chart however he later amended it to depict Steward Island as a peninsula possibly to hide his discovery for reasons of military and colonial policy or more likely because he made an error as his focus was on finding the southern extent of New Zealand and conditions were unfavourable for more closely exploring the possible straitBench Island Ruapuke Island 6 March low land making like an Island 46 47 0 S 168 30 0 E 46 78333 S 168 50000 E 46 78333 168 50000 Ruapuke Island The Traps North Trap and South Trap 9 March Ledges of rock that lie such as to catch unwary Strangers from which Endeavour had a very fortunate Escape 47 23 00 S 167 51 00 E 47 38333 S 167 85000 E 47 38333 167 85000 North Trap South Cape South Cape Whiore 10 March Southernmost point of land on the whole coast 47 17 33 S 167 32 57 E 47 29250 S 167 54917 E 47 29250 167 54917 South Cape Whiore Solander s Isles Solander Islands Hautere 11 March Daniel Solander 46 34 21 S 166 53 47 E 46 57250 S 166 89639 E 46 57250 166 89639 Solander Island Hautere West Cape 14 March Westernmost point of land upon the whole Coast 45 54 36 S 166 26 17 E 45 91000 S 166 43806 E 45 91000 166 43806 West Cape Dusky Bay Dusky Sound 14 March Cook wanted to go in but found the distance too great to run before dusk 45 45 45 S 166 35 01 E 45 76250 S 166 58361 E 45 76250 166 58361 Dusky Sound Five Fingers Point 14 March 5 high peaked rocks standing up like the 4 fingers and thumb of a Man s hand 45 44 29 S 166 27 17 E 45 74139 S 166 45472 E 45 74139 166 45472 Five Fingers Point Doubtful Harbour Doubtful Sound Patea 14 March it certainly would have been highly imprudent in me to have put into a place where we could not have got out 45 16 06 S 166 52 00 E 45 26833 S 166 86667 E 45 26833 166 86667 Doubtful Sound Patea I mention this because there was some on board that wanted me to harbour at any rate without in the least Considering either the present or future Consequences Mistaken Bay in vicinity of Big Bay 16 March appearance of an inlet into the land but upon a nearer approach found that it was only a deep Valley 44 17 11 S 168 04 01 E 44 28639 S 168 06694 E 44 28639 168 06694 Big Bay Cascades Point Cascade Point 17 March deep Red Clifts down which falls 4 Small streams of Water 44 00 31 S 168 22 00 E 44 00861 S 168 36667 E 44 00861 168 36667 Cascade Point Open Bay Jackson Bay Okahu 17 March 43 58 48 S 168 37 55 E 43 98000 S 168 63194 E 43 98000 168 63194 Kaikoura Peninsula Snowey Mouintains Southern Alps 18 March Cook did not sight or name Aoraki Mount Cook the highest mountain in New Zealand however he did describe the range of snow covered alps that runs down the island almost from one end to the otherCape Foulwind About 21 March Foul gales for days on end 41 44 43 S 171 28 08 E 41 74528 S 171 46889 E 41 74528 171 46889 Cape Foulwind Rocks Point 23 March Many dangerous rocks awash 40 51 00 S 172 08 00 E 40 85000 S 172 13333 E 40 85000 172 13333 Rocks Point Admiralty Bay 31 March Seeking a promotion 40 56 27 S 173 52 29 E 40 94083 S 173 87472 E 40 94083 173 87472 Admiralty Bay Stephens Island Stephens Island Takapourewa 31 March Philip Stephens 40 40 14 S 173 59 54 E 40 67056 S 173 99833 E 40 67056 173 99833 Stephens Island Takapourewa Cape Stephens 31 March Northernmost point of Rangitoto ki te Tonga D Urville Island 40 41 32 S 173 57 57 E 40 69222 S 173 96583 E 40 69222 173 96583 Cape Stephens Blind Bay Golden Bay Mohua and Tasman Bay Te Tai o Aorere 31 March A deep dead end bay 40 37 15 S 172 56 14 E 40 62083 S 172 93722 E 40 62083 172 93722 Golden Bay Mohua 40 59 56 S 173 28 09 E 40 99889 S 173 46917 E 40 99889 173 46917 Tasman Bay Te Tai o Aorere Now recognised as two bays divided by Separation Point Te MatauCape Jackson 31 March George Jackson 40 59 38 S 174 18 53 E 40 99389 S 174 31472 E 40 99389 174 31472 Cape Jackson Cape Farewell 31 March He made his farewells and sailed away steering west on his long voyage home 40 29 54 S 172 41 19 E 40 49833 S 172 68861 E 40 49833 172 68861 Cape Farewell Second Voyage edit nbsp Cook s sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand 1773 nbsp An engraving on the boardwalk at Astronomer Point that describes James Cook and the Resolution s visit to Pickersgill Harbour 1773In the autumn of 1773 Cook and the crew of Resolution recuperated in Dusky Sound Tamatea after 122 days at sea in the Pacific and Southern Ocean 19 20 21 22 23 Name and today s name Date Reason for naming Coords NotesSouth Point 26 March Point of land at the southern entrance to the fjord 45 48 48 S 166 27 18 E 45 81333 S 166 45506 E 45 81333 166 45506 South Point Anchor Island 26 March The first place the Resolution anchored 45 44 38 S 166 30 29 E 45 743808 S 166 508102 E 45 743808 166 508102 Anchor Island Pickersgill Harbour 27 March A convenient Harbour discovered by Richard Pickersgill where the Resolution moored for after 122 days at sea in the Pacific and sub Antarctic waters 45 47 38 S 166 34 50 E 45 79382 S 166 58060 E 45 79382 166 58060 Pickersgill Harbour Astronomer Point where William Wales established an observatory was named later onIndian Cove Cascade Cove 2 April After a Tamatea family who seemed rather afraid when we approached the Rock with our Boat he however stood firm 45 48 00 S 166 36 00 E 45 80000 S 166 60000 E 45 80000 166 60000 Cascade Cove Luncheon Cove 2 April Ate their lunch 45 46 00 S 166 31 30 E 45 76667 S 166 52500 E 45 76667 166 52500 Luncheon Cove Supper Cove 2 April Ate their dinner 45 42 31 S 166 56 56 E 45 70874 S 166 94876 E 45 70874 166 94876 Supper Cove Resolution Island 6 April The ship that brought them there 24 45 38 35 S 166 35 03 E 45 643148 S 166 584063 E 45 643148 166 584063 Resolution Island Duck Cove 6 April In this Cove we shott fourteen Ducks 45 43 41 S 166 36 20 E 45 728053 S 166 605606 E 45 728053 166 605606 Duck Cove Indian Island 6 April Cook befriended the indigenous people here 25 45 46 41 S 166 35 14 E 45 77818 S 166 58723 E 45 77818 166 58723 Indian Island Places named in vicinity of Anchor Island Shelter Cove Seal Islands Many Islands No Mans Island Stop Island Thrum Cap Passage Islands Prove Island Seal Rock Anchor Point Useless Island Little Harbour and islands Anchor Island and Harbour Petrel Islands 12 17 Apr Thrum caps are the unspun raw wool hats worn by sailorsPlaces named on western side of Resolution Island Fixed Head The Bason Earshell Cove Boat Passage Pigeon Island Facile Harbour Parrot Island Cormorant Cove Goose Cove Shag River 12 17 AprLong Island 20 April A very long island 45 45 55 S 166 38 09 E 45 765248 S 166 635904 E 45 765248 166 635904 Long Island Other places named in vicinity of Long Island Curlew Island Small Creek Narrow Creek Detention Cove West Point Station Island East Point Front Islands Cooper Island Shag Islands Sportsman Cove Two Sisters 20 April Cook Channel lies between Long Island the mainland but needless to say Cook did not this after himselfGoose Cove 23 Apr Released five geese they brought with them from Cape of Good Hope 45 41 00 S 166 33 00 E 45 68333 S 166 55000 E 45 68333 166 55000 Goose Cove Lake Forster 23 Apr Georg Forster 45 48 00 S 166 34 00 E 45 80000 S 166 56667 E 45 80000 166 56667 Lake Forster Cove Cook Stream runs from the lake into Pickersgill Harbour but Cook did not name that after himself eitherPassage Acheron Passage 5 May 45 39 24 S 166 43 29 E 45 65680 S 166 72465 E 45 65680 166 72465 Acheron Passage Passage Point 5 May 45 43 45 S 166 43 45 E 45 72917 S 166 72917 E 45 72917 166 72917 Passage Point Occasional Cove 6 May 45 37 00 S 166 42 20 E 45 61667 S 166 70556 E 45 61667 166 70556 Occasional Covetype waterbody Wet Jacket Arm 8 May Richard Pickersgill coped a downpour there 26 45 40 00 S 166 45 00 E 45 66667 S 166 75000 E 45 66667 166 75000 Wet Jacket Arm Places named in inner Breaksea Sound Puaitaha Sunday Cove Harbour Island Beach Harbour First Cove Second Cove Third Cove Apparent Island Nobody knows what Broughton Arm 9 May Sunday Cove was visited on a Sunday Apparently Apparent Island was an apparition because it does not exist Cook call Broughton Arm Nobody knows what because he did not have time to explore it In 1791 George Vancouver did have time renamed it Somebody knows what 26 Places named in outer Breaksea Sound Puaitaha Entry Island Gilbert Islands Disappointment Cove Woodhen Cove Breaksea Island 11 May Breaksea Island is so named because it protects the western entrance now called Breaksea Sound Puaitaha from the violent and predominant southwest swell 26 From here Resolution set sail for Queen Charlotte SoundSee also editList of Australian places named by James CookNotes edit Over time the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has implemented naming conventions and set about agreeing dual or alternate place names that remember both the Maori and European heritage of New Zealand hence where appropriate today s name is shown in 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