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Banks Peninsula
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Etymology
First named "Banks Island" by Captain James Cook after botanist Joseph Banks, the name was later corrected when it was found to be a peninsula - Cook was probably fooled by the land behind the mountainous peninsula being flat.
Proper noun
Banks Peninsula
en peninsula of volcanic origin in r/Canterbury on the east coast of the isl/South Island c/New Zealand.