ɪt wʌz nˈeɪmd baɪ kˈæptɪn kˈʊk wɛn hiː sˈɔː ɪt fɹʌm kɛpˈɛl bˈeɪ tə ðə sˈaʊθ ˌɔn twˈɛnti sˈɛvən mˈeɪ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti, "fɹʌmðə nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv hˈaɪ hˈɪlz ˈoʊvɚɹ ɪt".
It was named by Captain Cook when he saw it from Keppel Bay (to the south) on 27 May 1770, "from the Number of high Hills over it".