Cape Saunders Lighthouse, New Zealand from Sandymount

Kaimata, or Cape Saunders, is the prominent headland on the

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coast of Muaupoko, the

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, in the far south-east of Aotearoa

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's Te Wai Pounamu, the

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. It is home to the Cape Saunders Lighthouse. 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.

References

Ngāi Tahu Atlas
*Dann, C. & Peat, N. (1989). ''Dunedin, North and South Otago.'' Wellington, NZ: GP Books. . Geography of Dunedin

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