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Land Notices
Notice Title

Notice of Approved Official Geographic Names at the Subantarctic Islands

Pursuant to sections 10(1)(b), 24(2)(a), 21(2) and 10(1)(e) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“Board”) gives notice of 198 approved official geographic names as described in the Schedules below.

The Board’s final determination on these approved official geographic names took effect on 26 August 2021.

Schedule 1—Snares Islands/Tini Heke

Approved Official Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Longitude, Latitude
Boat Harbour Bay 166.61013, -48.02339
North East Island Island 166.6, -48.01667
Western Chain Islands 166.50786, -48.05643


Schedule 2—Auckland Islands

Approved Official Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Longitude, Latitude
Adams Island Island 166.04576, -50.88448
Adams Rocks Islands 165.89936, -50.85468
Amherst Rock Rock 166.00039, -50.91338
Archer Rock Rock 166.24057, -50.82678
Astrolabe Point Point 165.95686, -50.90298
Beacon Point Point 166.21641, -50.54809
Beacon Rock Rock 166.13804, -50.51036
Beehive Rock Rock 166.07112, -50.66391
Bivouac Hill Hill 166.10759, -50.58857
Black Head Point 166.12955, -50.50976
Blanche Rock Rock 166.32538, -50.59333
Bleak Hill Hill 166.09934, -50.65151
Bollons Bay Bay 166.17466, -50.88531
Breaksea Point Point 165.91503, -50.83107
Bristow Hill 165.92501, -50.77035
Bristow Point Point 165.88499, -50.77046
Butterfield Point Point 166.26768, -50.50822
Camp Cove Bay 166.01587, -50.84773
Cape Bennett Hill 166.23046, -50.82995
Cape Bennett Point 166.24408, -50.83173
Cape Farr Point 166.22278, -50.86056
Cape Lovitt Point 165.87, -50.79995
Cape Thomson Point 166.12322, -50.91582
Carnley Harbour Bay 166.06815, -50.8391
Castaways Bay Bay 165.99219, -50.60398
Castle Point Point 166.17004, -50.89573
Cave Rock Rock 166.17449, -50.54949
Cavern Peak Hill 166.1027, -50.75683
Chambres Inlet Bay 166.18871, -50.61974
Chapel Rock Rock 166.1537, -50.67056
Circular Head Point 166.02116, -50.78898
Cloudy Peak Hill 166.14505, -50.57669
Coleridge Bay Bay 165.99922, -50.81971
Column Rocks Rocks 166.05169, -50.53151
Compadre Rock Island 166.11939, -50.51323
Conical Hill Hill 166.20792, -50.58852
Crozier Point Point 166.28554, -50.54141
Davis Island Island 166.2174, -50.54569
Deep Inlet Bay 166.16935, -50.75989
Detached Rock Island 165.88203, -50.76892
Disappointment Island Island 165.97019, -50.60741
Dromedary Hill 166.02128, -50.7935
Dundas Island Island 166.32086, -50.57647
East Head Point 166.17294, -50.73223
Embrasure Point Point 165.90588, -50.85736
Enderby Island Island 166.30365, -50.49541
Erebus Cove Bay 166.2132, -50.54323
Erlangen Clearing Flat 166.01324, -50.74938
Ewing Island Island 166.30348, -50.52772
Falla Peninsula Peninsula 166.16896, -50.70306
Figure of Eight Island Island 166.02246, -50.76321
Finger Rocks Rocks 165.89897, -50.80187
Flagstaff Hill 166.05026, -50.82444
Flagstaff Point Point 166.05177, -50.83158
Flat top Hill Hill 166.17821, -50.5944
Flat-Topped Hill Hill 166.21868, -50.57283
Fleming Plateau Plateau 165.94849, -50.79697
Fly Harbour Bay 166.10193, -50.90329
Frenchs Island Island 166.28838, -50.53918
Friday Island Island 166.23368, -50.51877
Giants Archway Rock 166.12322, -50.665
Giants Tomb Rock 166.07846, -50.73927
Gilroy Head Point 166.2064, -50.88328
Grafton Point Point 166.07656, -50.84853
Granger Inlet Bay 166.18256, -50.63357
Green Island Island 166.3604, -50.5661
Grey Duck Creek Stream 166.14162, -50.56277
Griffith Inlet Bay 166.19254, -50.64854
Hanfield Inlet Bay 166.15821, -50.73113
Haskell Bay Bay 166.23832, -50.59147
Hogsback Hill 166.18917, -50.6068
Hooker Hill 166.14569, -50.54637
Hooker Hills Hills 166.1375, -50.55174
Johnson Point Point 166.21477, -50.54004
Lake Speight Lake 165.98069, -50.82083
Lake Turbott Lake 166.04659, -50.90601
Lantern Rocks Rocks 165.94761, -50.89737
Laurie Harbour Bay 166.19593, -50.55459
Lindley Point Point 166.23039, -50.52106
Lion Rock Rock 166.17621, -50.82894
Logan Point Point 165.91179, -50.87159
Lookout Point Hill 166.26527, -50.53681
Lower Dome Hill 166.16633, -50.87309
Lucas Head Point 166.25388, -50.51745
Masked Island Island 166.02369, -50.84345
Matheson Bay Bay 166.19855, -50.52073
McClure Head Point 166.00141, -50.80969
McLennan Inlet Bay 166.19468, -50.80136
Meggs Hill Hill 166.23171, -50.56574
Middle Head Hill 166.14368, -50.73366
Monumental Island Island 165.91768, -50.83372
Mount Dick Hill 166.02157, -50.8962
Mount D’Urville Hill 166.14815, -50.82311
Mount Easton Hill 166.09573, -50.63204
Mount Eden Hill 166.17209, -50.57827
Mount Raynal Hill 166.05285, -50.72685
Musgrave Harbour Bay 166.00327, -50.79416
Musgrave Inlet Bay 166.18077, -50.66322
Musgrave Knob Hill 166.17049, -50.64855
Musgrave Peninsula Peninsula 166.05858, -50.81914
Norman Inlet Bay 166.12527, -50.71212
North Arm Bay 166.14338, -50.72954
North Arm Bay 166.0414, -50.77997
North East Cape Point 166.32274, -50.49992
North Harbour Bay 166.13622, -50.52085
North Point Point 166.1735, -50.50942
North West Cape Point 166.05898, -50.53176
Ocean Island Island 166.27384, -50.52549
Omega Peak Hill 166.09099, -50.69149
Perpendicular Head Point 166.2005, -50.86152
Pillar Rock Rock 166.22555, -50.51675
Pinnacle Rocks Rocks 165.94678, -50.60564
Port Ross Bay 166.25321, -50.52526
Pyramid Rock Hill 166.15638, -50.78388
Raynal Point Point 166.05717, -50.79057
Rock Knob Rock 166.13688, -50.79118
Rose Island Island 166.24879, -50.51247
Round Point Point 166.03562, -50.76028
Sandy Bay Bay 166.28158, -50.50093
Sealers Creek Stream 166.20981, -50.56451
Shag Rock Rock 166.20747, -50.70864
Shelter Point Point 166.21115, -50.81577
Shoe Island Island 166.22716, -50.53654
Signboard Point Point 166.19078, -50.67483
Skua-Gull Flat Flat 166.00732, -50.83882
Smith Crag Hill 166.12165, -50.69619
Smith Harbour Bay 166.14413, -50.69555
South Arm Bay 166.12407, -50.7375
South Cape Point 166.07225, -50.92788
South West Adams Hill 165.92995, -50.86507
South West Cape Point 165.88626, -50.8384
Stony Peak Hill 166.11351, -50.60149
Sugar Loaf Rocks Rocks 166.02531, -50.60461
Tagua Bay Bay 166.0803, -50.81577
Tandy Inlet Bay 166.15577, -50.68351
Terror Cove Bay 166.21292, -50.53817
The Dome Hill 166.10004, -50.87396
The Five Sisters Rocks Rocks 166.0854, -50.52385
Tower of Babel Hill 165.97125, -50.79885
Trinity Cove Bay 165.95921, -50.84638
Tucker Point Point 166.26829, -50.53002
Twin Peaks Hills 166.2076, -50.61878
Victoria Passage Channel 165.91843, -50.83571
Waterfall Inlet Bay 166.20645, -50.81573
Webling Bay Bay 166.26683, -50.55358
Western Arm Bay 165.98177, -50.85908
Western Harbour Bay 165.91846, -50.82055
Wilkes Peak Hill 166.08745, -50.77323
Williamson Point Point 166.17866, -50.5587
Worth Inlet Bay 166.20436, -50.78921
Yule Island Island 166.3155, -50.5364


Schedule 3—Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku

Approved Official Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Longitude, Latitude
Beeman Hill Hill 169.14932, -52.54534
Boyack Point Point 169.17333, -52.54583
Bull Rock Rock 169.22993, -52.46935
Camp Cove Bay 169.13587, -52.5558
Col Peak Hill 169.13245, -52.53543
Cossack Rock Rock 169.24354, -52.50472
Davis Point Point 169.23678, -52.56305
Dent Island Island 169.06505, -52.52365
Depot Point Point 169.14645, -52.55439
East Cape Point 169.26564, -52.55043
Eboulé Peak Hill 169.13018, -52.59208
Erebus Point Point 169.25991, -52.56287
Faye Bump Hill 169.19636, -52.48926
Filhol Peak Hill 169.13176, -52.57534
Garden Cove Bay 169.13509, -52.5615
Jacquemart Island Island 169.12626, -52.61751
La Botte Rock 169.13443, -52.61274
Menhir Rock 169.07607, -52.5536
Monument Harbour Bay 169.14256, -52.60373
Moubray Hill Hill 169.23188, -52.55171
Mount Azimuth Hill 169.14593, -52.50849
Mount Dumas Hill 169.09846, -52.57113
Mount Faye Hill 169.17822, -52.49772
Mount Fizeau Hill 169.15526, -52.51404
Mount Honey Hill 169.16575, -52.57102
Mount Lyall Hill 169.17579, -52.53419
Mount Paris Hill 169.04142, -52.55788
North Cape Point 169.22534, -52.47111
Northeast Harbour Bay 169.2, -52.51667
Northwest Bay Bay 169.09643, -52.54294
Penguin Bay Bay 169.03427, -52.53541
Perseverance Harbour Bay 169.20427, -52.55328
Puiseux Peak Hill 169.16287, -52.60004
Seagull Rock Rock 169.03924, -52.57582
Shoal Point Point 169.17242, -52.55315
Smoothwater Bay Bay 169.24288, -52.53668
South Point Point 169.24058, -52.5753
Southeast Harbour Bay 169.1809, -52.5974
Survey Island Island 169.0644, -52.58075
Tucker Cove Bay 169.14361, -52.55028
Venus Bay Bay 169.14124, -52.56042
Wasp Island Island 169.0178, -52.57653
Yvon Villarcean Peak Hill 169.03094, -52.53907


Schedule 4—Antipodes Island Group

Approved Official Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Longitude, Latitude
Remarkable Cave Cave 178.79799, -49.66396


Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 2021.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.