Banks Peninsula

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    A peninsula of volcanic origin in Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.

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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.

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