Castlepoint. The rocky point some 45 miles from Masterton which carries a lighthouse well known to mariners passing along the east coast of the North Island. It was so named, by Captain Cook from the castle-like formation of one of the rocks, and from the rocky point which juts out from the shore.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 257, 27 July 1936, Page 7
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53Castlepoint. The rocky point some 45 miles from Masterton which carries a lighthouse well known to mariners passing along the east coast of the North Island. It was so named, by Captain Cook from the castle-like formation of one of the rocks, and from the rocky point which juts out from the shore. Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 257, 27 July 1936, Page 7
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