Der Name stammt vom Handelsschiff "HMS Coromandel" (1820), das wiederum nach der indischen Koromandelküste benannt war. ###>==Origin of the name==The Coromandel Peninsula was named for HMS "Coromandel" (originally named HMS Malabar), a ship of the British Royal Navy, which stopped at Coromandel Harbour in 1820 to purchase kauri spars and was itself named for India's Coromandel Coast.