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Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs

Top left. Cooks Cove and the pā on the northern peninsula

Top left. Cooks Cove and the pā on the northern peninsula

Top left. Cooks Cove and the pā on the northern peninsula

The view is to the north-east; Cooks Cove is on the right and Tolaga Bay on the left. The peninsula consists of a large uplifted mass on which three ridges run south (down to the right) from the main ridge along the head of the cliff to the north. The peninsula is naturally steep-sided all around, with small cliffed steps to the south; the only natural weak point is the small valley (here obscured by the closest ridge) which runs down to the head of the cove. Terraces and pits ('deserted houses') occur on these ridges. Joseph Banks' 'fence of poles' probably ran along the curve of the nearest ridge above the very steep face lying towards the camera viewpoint. The Historic Places Trust obelisk marking Cook's visit can just be detected near the pond on the ridge lower right.

Bottom left. The outer part of the Cooks Cove peninsula

The terraces on the ridges are plain. Halfway down the lefthand ridge, silhouetted against the stony beach just left of centre, is a defensive ditch and scarp. Banks' fence ran down a ridge similar to the ridge on the right (the actual ridge is out of view to the right). The view is to the southeast and the cove is about 100 m across.