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 |
| Administration | |
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
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
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Kotanui Island / Frenchmans Cap seen from the south, 2011
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Watercolour painting by Edward Harker, c. 1848
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1868 photograph by John Kinder
References
- ^ "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.