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Cape Rodney

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Topographic map of Cape Rodney

Cape Rodney is a coastal point north of Leigh on the North Auckland Peninsula.

Etymology

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Cape Rodney was named by Captain James Cook after George Brydges Rodney on 24 November 1769.[1]

Geology

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Cape Rodney is made of up of the Triassic–Jurassic Waipapa Group and the Miocene Waitemata Group.[2]

History

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The Wakatuwhenua canoe landed at Cape Rodney c.1350.[3]

Marine Reserve

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Cape Rodney forms part of the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve, the first marine reserve in New Zealand. The Leigh Marine Laboratory is located on the cape.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "Place name detail: 17971". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand.
  2. ↑ Hopgood, A. M. (1961). "The geology of the Cape Rodney — Kawau district, Auckland". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 4 (2): 205–230. doi:10.1080/00288306.1961.10423137. ISSN 0028-8306.
  3. ↑ Hayward, Bruce; Diamond, John (June 1978). Prehistoric Archaeological Sites of the Waitakere Ranges and West Auckland, New Zealand (Report). Auckland Regional Authority.
  4. ↑ McClure, Margaret (March 2009). "Auckland places". Warkworth. Te Ara - The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.

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