Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap
Island in New Zealand
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Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap is a high rock stack island located off the southern coast of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.
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Māori: Kotanui | |
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 Interactive map of Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Auckland Region |
| Coordinates | 36°37′51″S 174°46′51″E |
| Administration | |
New Zealand | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Geography
The island is located south of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, southeast of Matakatia Bay and southwest of Hobbs Bay / Gulf Harbour.[1]
Etymology
The island's Māori language name, Kotanui, literally means 'big cockle shell'.[2] The island is also known as Kotanui Rock.[3]
History
New Zealand Anglican cleregyman John Kinder photographed Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap in 1868;[4] the images have been described as being "among Kinder's most luminous photographs" by art curator Ron Brownson.[5]
Gallery
Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap seen from the south, 2011
Watercolour painting by Edward Harker, c. 1848
1868 photograph by John Kinder
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