This name also applies to the South African region containing Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
One geographical feature with this name was given it by Captain Cook, when he landed in that bay at the extreme northeast of the Loranchet Peninsula on Kerguelen or Desolation Island in the southern Indian Ocean on the same day that Washington crossed the Delaware. An island with this name southwest of Java was transferred from Singapore to Australia in 1957. That island was named in 1643 by the captain of a passing Indiaman. A different island with this name is also called Kiritimati, which is actually pronounced identically to this in the native Gilbertese. That island was used to test hydrogen bombs in the 1950s. This name also applies to the South African region containing Pietermaritzburg and Durban. In that case, the name was bestowed by Vasco de Gama in 1497, and the region was its own province through most of the 20th century but was enlarged to include the Bantustan of Kwa-Zulu in 1994. For 10 points, give this name which generally signifies that a geographical feature was discovered on the anniversary of Jesus' birth.
One geographical feature with this name was given it by Captain Cook, when he landed in that bay at the extreme northeast of the Loranchet Peninsula on Kerguelen or Desolation Island in the southern Indian Ocean on the same day that Washington crossed the Delaware.
Christmas or Natal