Cape Rodney

Topographic map of Cape Rodney

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

Etymology

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

Geology

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

History

The Wakatuwhenua canoe landed at Cape Rodney c.1350.

Marine Reserve

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.

References

  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.

36°16′43″S 174°49′15″E / 36.27871°S 174.82095°E / -36.27871; 174.82095