Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap
Māori: Kotanui | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Auckland Region |
| Coordinates | 36°37′51″S 174°46′51″E / 36.63080°S 174.78072°E |
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New Zealand | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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.
Geography
[edit]The island is located south of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, southeast of Matakatia Bay and southwest of Hobbs Bay / Gulf Harbour.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The island's Māori language name, Kotanui, literally means 'big cockle shell'.[2] The island is also known as Kotanui Rock.[3]
History
[edit]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
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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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References
[edit]- ^ "Place name detail: Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "The Whangaparaoa Story". Whangaparaoa Coastal Trail. Business Whangaparaoa. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Kotanui Rock, Frenchman's cap, Whangaparaoa". OUR Heritage. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Ireland, Peter. "John Kinder's photograph of Kotanui Rock, 1868". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Brownson, Ron (2004). John Kinder's New Zealand. Random House New Zealand. p. 90. ISBN 9781869621070.
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