| 词条 | Cavalli Islands |
| 释义 |
| name = Cavalli Islands | local_name = | image_name = CavalliIslands.png | image_caption = The Cavallis. The knobby hill to the right on the mainland is at the northern extremity of Matauri Bay. | locator_map = | map_caption = | nickname = | location = Matauri Bay Whangaroa | coordinates = {{coord|34|58|S|173|58|E|region:NZ_type:isle}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 3.4 | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = New Zealand | additional_info = }} The Cavalli Islands are a small group of islands near Whangaroa[1] on Northland's East Coast in northern New Zealand. They lie {{convert|3|km|mi|1}} to the east of Matauri Bay on the mainland. The group consists of the island of Motukawanui (area {{convert|3.4|km²|sqmi|2|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and the smaller islets of Motutapere, Panaki, Nukutaunga, Haraweka, Motuharakeke, and Motukawaiti Islands. The main island is used as a nature reserve, and some of the smaller islands are privately owned. The Cavallis were so named by Captain James Cook on 27 December 1769 during his first voyage of discovery.[2] In his journal he recorded that some Māori "sold us some fish--Cavallys as they are called--which occasioned my giving the Islands the same name". Cook probably meant trevally which is abundant near the islands, known to the Māori as araara.[3] On 2 December 1987, the hulk of the bombed Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was scuttled between Matauri Bay and the Cavalli Islands, to serve as a dive wreck and fish sanctuary. The move was seen as a fitting end for the vessel. {{coord|34|58|S|173|58|E|region:NZ_type:isle|display=title}}See also
References1. ^Whangaroa 2. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8106/8106-h/8106-h.htm#cook-10 | title= Captain Cook's Journal, First Voyage| last= Cook| first= James| publisher=Project Gutenberg | date= May 2005| accessdate = 23 October 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/coastal-fish/4/2 | title= Coastal fish | last= Walrond | first= Carl | publisher= Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand | date= | accessdate = 23 October 2012}} External links{{commons category}}
2 : Far North District|Islands of the Northland Region |
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