Ship Cove, New Zealand
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Ship Cove is a small bay in the Queen Charlotte Sound
- part of the Marlborough Sounds
in New Zealand
. It is on the west coast of the Sound, just west of Motuara Island and Long Island.
The Cove was named by Captain James Cook
on 15 January 1770 when his ship the Endeavour
anchored there to replenish supplies of food, water and wood. While his ship was overhauled at anchor, Cook made a headquarters on the shore in the Cove, ordering the planting of vegetable gardens and construction of an enclosure for pigs. Cook would return to the Cove a further four times over the course of his first
and second voyages to the Pacific.
Cook's settlement was abandoned following his second voyage. The next European vessels to reach the Cove were the Russian exploration ships Vostok and Myrni in 1820, commanded by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
. Colonel William Wakefield
, one of the founders of Wellington
, also anchored his ship the Tory in the Cove in 1827.
Approximately 1700 acres (6.9 km²) of land at Ship Cove has been declared a Scenic Reserve administered by the Ship Cove Scenic Reserves Board.
Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
Queen Charlotte Sound is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. It is, like the other sounds, a drowned river valley , and like the majority of its neighbours it runs southwest to northeast before joining Cook Strait.The town of Picton, the...
- part of the Marlborough Sounds
Marlborough Sounds
The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It is on the west coast of the Sound, just west of Motuara Island and Long Island.
The Cove was named by Captain James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
on 15 January 1770 when his ship the Endeavour
HM Bark Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....
anchored there to replenish supplies of food, water and wood. While his ship was overhauled at anchor, Cook made a headquarters on the shore in the Cove, ordering the planting of vegetable gardens and construction of an enclosure for pigs. Cook would return to the Cove a further four times over the course of his first
First voyage of James Cook
The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771...
and second voyages to the Pacific.
Cook's settlement was abandoned following his second voyage. The next European vessels to reach the Cove were the Russian exploration ships Vostok and Myrni in 1820, commanded by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral...
. Colonel William Wakefield
William Wakefield
William Hayward Wakefield was an English colonel, the leader of the first colonizing expedition to New Zealand and one of the founders of Wellington. In 1826, he married Emily Sidney, a daughter of Sir John Sidney.-Early life:...
, one of the founders of Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, also anchored his ship the Tory in the Cove in 1827.
Approximately 1700 acres (6.9 km²) of land at Ship Cove has been declared a Scenic Reserve administered by the Ship Cove Scenic Reserves Board.