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Her name is perpetuated in the name of the westernmost point of the North Island of [[New Zealand]], [[Cape Maria van Diemen]], named by Tasman in 1643, and by [[Maria Island]] off the east coast of Tasmania. It is one of only two geographical locations in New Zealand to have the name Tasman gave them. The other being [[Three Kings Islands]].
In 1842 the venomous [[Australia]]n and southern [[New Guinea|Papuan]], [[Elapidae|elapid]] snake genus ''[[Demansia]]'' was named in honour of van Diemen by [[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]] of the [[British Museum]] in [[London]].
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