Cape Saunders lighthouse

Kaimata, or Cape Saunders, is the prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of Muaupoko, the Otago Peninsula, in the far south-east of Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Wai Pounamu, the South Island. It is home to the Cape Saunders Lighthouse.[1]

Captain James Cook sighted the landmark on 25 February 1770, and named it in honour of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, under whom Cook had served in Canada in 1759.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cape Saunders Lighthouse". New Zealand Lighthouses.
  2. ↑ Reed, A. H. (1947). The Story of Otago: Age of Adventure. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed.
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Ngāi Tahu Atlas

  • Dann, C. & Peat, N. (1989). Dunedin, North and South Otago. Wellington, NZ: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01438-0.

45°52′25″S 170°44′05″E / 45.873547°S 170.734706°E / -45.873547; 170.734706


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