Volume Three Appendix 1 12. Cape Jackson, Cape Lambert and Alligator Head native vegetation of Cape Jackson. The night skies here are some of the darkest in the country and add to the sense of remoteness. Access is primarily by boat, and the area is popular for fishing in the more exposed ocean waters. A privately maintained track (known as the Outer Queen Charlotte Track) extends from Ship Cove to the Cape Jackson lighthouse, providing direct land access with this exposed coastline, where expansive open ocean vistas are experienced. Cape Jackson lighthouse is very memorable and used as a reference point, marking the western entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound. An impressive ridgeline of forested high peaks above Guards Bay and Port Gore, leads to Mount Stokes, a prominent feature to this ONF. Due to the factors listed above, the outer peninsulas hold very high experiential and associative values. Modifications include: a lighthouse (Cape Jackson); vegetation clearance; tracks; power lines; buildings; and moorings. There are marine farms in Pig Bay. A small man-made breakwater is located at Anakakata Bay, south of Cape Jackson. 13. Mt. Stokes and surrounds Biophysical - The highest peak and one of the most dominant landforms in the Marlborough Values Sounds, reaching 1,203metres a.s.l. - The slopes of Mt Stokes rises steeply, right from sea level. - Original forest covers most of the upper slopes of Mt Stokes and its summit supports the only occurrence of subalpine vegetation in the Marlborough Sounds. - The indigenous vegetation cover is internationally significant as it supports areas of alpine to coast vegetation sequence s. - The natural biodiversity is high due to the range of altitude, landform and habitat. - Regionally outstanding primary podocarp-broadleaf forest between Ship Cove and Resolution Bay. - Mt. Stokes and its associated connecting peaks and ridges and Ship Cove and Resolution Bay hold outstanding levels of natural character due to regenerating bush and low modification. Remaining areas retain high and very high levels of natural character. - Mt. Furneaux is nationally significant for its podocarp/broad leaved forest. Perceptual - Impressive forested peak and ridges of Mt. Stokes rising above Endeavour Inlet. Values The area straddles the inner and outer Sounds where extreme weather can also - contribute to transitory and experiential values. - The area is particularly memorable where the level of modification is least. - The mountain top and ridges define and frame the associated bays and exhibit very high remote and experiential values. Associative - Ship Cove is described by DOC as an ‘icon’ site, where explorer James Cook once Values landed. - There are numerous Māori archaeological s ites around the shores of Mt. Stokes, including many pa sites and middens and pre-historic stoneworks at Titirangi Bay. - Ship Cove is generally known as the start of the Queen Charlotte Track. - The sunken Mikhail Lermontov in Port Gore is one of the world's top wreck dives at 37m deep. App 1 - 13