Kaimata, or Cape Saunders, is the prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of Muaupoko, the Otago Peninsula, in the far south-east of New Zealand's South Island. It is home to the Cape Saunders Lighthouse.[1]
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.[2]
References
- ^ "Cape Saunders Lighthouse". New Zealand Lighthouses.
- ^ Reed, A. H. (1947). The Story of Otago: Age of Adventure. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed.
- Dann, C. & Peat, N. (1989). Dunedin, North and South Otago. Wellington, NZ: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01438-0.
45°52′25″S 170°44′05″E / 45.873547°S 170.734706°E