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

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. It is home to the Cape Saunders Lighthouse. Captain

James Cook Captain (Royal Navy), Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans, conducted between 176 ...

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

Saunders Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from ''Sander'', a mediaeval form of Alexander.See also: Sander (name) People * Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman * Al Saunders (born 1947), American football c ...

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