Chatham Islands

Meaning

Proper Noun

an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 680 kilometres off the east coast of New Zealand, and territorially part of New Zealand.

Origin

Named after the Earl of Chatham by the captain of HMS Chatham in 1791.

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