Etymology

Banks Peninsula

Today it means: A peninsula of volcanic origin in Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Full definition →

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.