geo.wikisort.org - IslandPourewa Island lies in Tolaga Bay, just offshore from Cook's Cove in New Zealand.
Pourewa IslandPourewa Island by the right with Mitre Rocks by the left and cook's cove in the foreground |
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Location | Gisborne Region |
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Coordinates | 38°23′S 178°21′E |
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New Zealand |
It was formerly known as Spöring Island, named by Lt. James Cook after the Finnish draughtsman Herman Spöring, a member of the scientific detachment aboard HM Bark Endeavour, and in 1990 a rock was taken from Pourewa Island to Spöring's birthplace in Turku (Åbo), Finland, where it forms part of a monument which was erected there[1] to commemorate the first Finn to land in New Zealand, in 1769.
It is also sometimes known as Loisel's Island[citation needed], after Henri Loisel who took up a sheep farm at Waihau Bay to the south, and is said to have kept a yacht moored there, but is again officially known by its original Māori name, Pourewa.
See also
- Islands portal
References
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Populated places | Gisborne City | |
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Towns and rural areas | |
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Geographic features | |
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Facilities and attractions |
- East Cape Lighthouse
- Eastwoodhill Arboretum
- Gisborne Airport
- Gisborne Botanical Gardens
- Gisborne Railway Station
- Hackfalls Arboretum
- Harry Barker Reserve
- Mangahanea Marae
- Raukumara Conservation Park
- Te Puia Springs
- Te Urewera protected area
- Whakarua Park
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Schools |
- Campion College
- Gisborne Boys' High School
- Gisborne Girls' High School
- Gisborne Intermediate
- Lytton High School
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Sports | |
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На других языках
[de] Pourewa Island
Pourewa Island ist eine 42 Hektar große Insel am südlichen Rand der Tolaga Bay an der Ostküste der Nordinsel Neuseelands.
- [en] Pourewa Island
[fr] Île Pourewa
Île Pourewa (en anglais : Pourewa Island) siège dans la baie de Tolaga Bay, juste en dehors de la cote de la crique de Cook en Nouvelle-Zélande.
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