✨ Approved Place-names
JULY 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 939
List of Place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th July, 1948.
PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 17 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act, 1946, it is hereby notified that the Schedule hereto contains the list of place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand prior to the passing of the said Act.
R. G. DICK, Surveyor-General,
Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board.
SCHEDULE
| Year. | Name. | Survey District. | Land District. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Abbess (peak) | Cook | Canterbury | On the Liebig Range. |
| 1925 | Abbot (peak) | Cook | Canterbury | On the Liebig Range. |
| 1943 | Abel Tasman (National Park) | .. | Nelson | Between Totaranui and Marahau. |
| 1938 | Abruzzi (glacier) | Humboldt-Forbes | Otago | On Dart slopes of Johansen and Nansen Peaks. |
| 1943 | Achilles (peak) | Sinclair | Canterbury | Block IV. On Two Thumb Range, south of Mount Alma and divided by Alma Col. |
| 1940 | Achilles (point) | Rangitoto | North Auckland | At eastern end of St. Heliers Bay. |
| 1940 | Adverse (creek) | Tyndall | Westland | Running from The Great Unknown to the Perth River. |
| 1938 | *Aeroplane (peak) | Matukituki | Otago | Two miles east of Mount Aspiring on divide. |
| 1943 | Aeroplane (flat) | Hawdon | Canterbury | Block VII. |
| 1937 | Agnes (lake) | Hollyford | Otago | At head of unnamed stream between Glacier Creek and Stickup Creek. |
| 1941 | Ahuateatua (trig.) | Maungaharuru | Hawkes Bay | Block I. |
| 1943 | Ajax (peak) | Godley | Canterbury | Block VIII. On Mount Ross Range between Mount Ross and Chevalier. |
| 1945 | Alabaster (pass) | Humboldt | Otago | From Upper Olivine to Lake Alabaster. |
| 1945 | Albert (peak) | Forbes-Humboldt | Otago | On Barrier Range. |
| 1943 | Albert (channel) | Bay of Islands | North Auckland | Block XV. |
| 1943 | Albert (reef) | Mangonui | North Auckland | See “Nukataurua.” |
| 1941 | Albion (inlet) | South Cape | Southland | Stewart Island. |
| 1938 | Alec (mountain) | Waitangi-Taona | Westland | 7,250 ft. On Maximilian Range South of Wilczek Peak. |
| 1937 | Alice (peak).. | Hollyford | Otago | 7,144 ft. Between Glacier Creek and Stickup Creek near Mount Tutuko. |
| 1945 | *Allison (mountain) | Humboldtside | Otago | In Red Hill Ranges. |
| 1943 | *Alma (col) | Sinclair | Canterbury | Block IV. On Two Thumb Range between Mount Alma and Achilles Peak. |
| 1945 | Alpha (mountain) | Forbes | Otago | On Snowdrift Range. |
| 1940 | Alpheus (creek) | Tyndall | Westland | Running from Mount Kensington to Adams River. |
| 1934 | *Amazon (peak) | Ramsay | Canterbury | Unmapped. At the headwaters of the Rangitata and Rakaia Rivers. |
| 1934 | *Amazons Breasts (peaks) | Ramsay | Canterbury | Unmapped. Twin peaks at source of Ramsay Glacier north-west of Whitcombes Pass. |
| 1943 | Amber (col) | Bealey | Canterbury | Across the Polar Range between Falling Mount and Mount Scott. Block VII. |
| 1934 | *Ambrose (saddle) | Ramsay | Canterbury | Unmapped saddle. Block VII. |
| 1929 | Amokura (railway-station) | Maramarua | Auckland | Between Mercer and Whangamarino. |
| 1938 | *Amphion (peak) | Humboldt | Otago | On south side of Park Pass Glacier. |
| 1945 | Anapuhipuhi (blowhole) | Houhora | North Auckland | Block VII. (Simmonds Island). |
| 1941 | Anaura (road) | Mohaka | Hawkes Bay | Block VI. Not “Anoura.” |
| 1940 | Angel (col) .. | Tyndall | Westland | On Adams Range. Between Perth and Adams Valleys. |
| 1945 | *Annetta (mountain) .. | Humboldtside | Otago | In the Red Hill Ranges. |
| 1933 | Annick (peak) | Eglinton | Southland | On Earl Mountains near Lake Te Anau. |
| 1945 | *Antoinette (mountain) | Humboldtside | Otago | In Red Hill Ranges. |
| 1930 | Aorangi (range) | Haurangi and Kaiwaka | Wellington | Incorrectly known as “Haurangi.” |
| 1929 | Aorangi (stream) | Motupuha | Wellington | Tributary of Moawhanga, north of Taihape. Replaces name Oarenga. |
| 1938 | *Apollo (peak) | Mount Pollux.. | Otago | On Main Divide, three-quarters of a mile east of Mount Castor. |
| 1943 | Aratoro (stream) | Omapere | North Auckland | Block III. |
| 1944 | Araukuku (trig.) | Ngaere | Taranaki | Block XIV. |
| 1941 | Arawhatatawhito (locality) | Wheao | Auckland | Blocks IX and X. |
- Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.
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- R. G. Dick, Surveyor-General, Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board