Geographic Names Decisions




WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT—continued

Name
Pot Luck Creek
Red Lion Col.
Red Hills Range
Red Mountain
Reid Creek
Seddon Col.
Seddon Creek
Shelf Glacier
Schrund Peak
Mount Shyness

Situation and Remarks
Block IX, Butler Survey District, Tributary of Wanganui River west of Devastation Creek.
Block XI, Whitcombe Pass Survey District. On Smyth Range east of Red Lion Peak, between County Glacier and Evans Glacier.
Gorge Survey District. West of Cascade River. At present known as Red Hill Range.
Block XVI, Gorge River Survey District. Between Red Pyke River and Cascade River. Shown as Red Hill on map of Humboldtside Survey District, Otago Land District 6,600 ft.
Blocks VII and XI, Whitcombe Pass Survey District. Flows northerly from Bloomfield Range into Waitaha River.
Block VIII, Whitcombe Pass Survey District. On Lange Range north of Park Dome.
Blocks VIII and XII, Whitcombe Pass Survey District. Flows from Seddon Col into Wilkinson River.
Block XII, Whitcombe Pass Survey District. Under east face of Mount Evans.
Block VIII, Tyndall Survey District. On Main Divide south-west of Quoin Peak.
Block X, Tyndall Survey District. On Main Divide 1 mile north-east of Mount Petermann.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
Battleaxe Col.
Big Fan Creek
Big Paddock Creek
Black Bluff
Blacksmith Point
Boundary Creek
Broad Creek
Colin Campbell Glacier
Dummy Col
Duncan Creek
Emily Creek
Mount Findlay
Five Jagged Peaks
Flintoft Trig. Station
Frances River
Gladiator Col
Griffiths Saddle
Havelock Col
Hikuraki Bay
Jims Knob

.. Block X, Ramsay Survey District. On Armoury Range between Amazon and Nym Peaks.
.. Block VIII, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Rakaia River east of Broad Creek.
.. Block VIII, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Mathias River rising near Manuka Peak.
.. Block VI, Clyde Survey District. On Clyde River, 2 miles south of Sinclair River.
.. Block V, Owen Survey District. At junction of West Mathias River with Mathias River.
.. Blocks V and VI, Mathias Survey District. Tributary of Mathias River flowing from Rolleston Range.
.. Block VII, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Rakaia River east of Twin Creek.
.. Blocks I and V, Ramsay Survey District. Flows south-easterly from Mount Tyndall and drains into Frances River. Present official name is Helen Glacier.
.. Block IV, Torlesse Survey District. At head of Eric Stream, a tributary of Havelock River.
.. Blocks I and V, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Rakaia River, east of Louper Stream.
.. Block IX, Ramsay Survey District. Tributary of Frances River flowing from Trireme Peak.
.. Block I, Wilberforce Survey District. At the northern end of Cascade Range.
.. Block II, Davie Survey District. On ridge running south from Mount Giles.
.. Block III, Culverden Survey District. Instead of Flinthoff.
.. Block IX, Ramsay Survey District. Flows from Colin Campbell Glacier into Clyde River.
.. Block VI, Ramsay Survey District. On Armoury Range between Goethe and Pistol Peaks.
.. Block I, Davie Survey District at the head of Griffiths Glacier.
.. Block II, Tyndall Survey District. On Main Divide west of Outram Peak. At headwaters of Havelock River.
.. Block V, Akaroa Survey District. Instead of Hikurangi.
.. Block IV, Ramsay Survey District. At the southern end of Butler Range, across Rakaia River from Meins Knob.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT—continued

Name
Kirk Stream
Leamington Stream
Mount Lilian
Long Spur
Menace Gap
Monarch Hill
North Peak
Nym Peak
Pamperos Cairn
Perth Col
Mount Renegade
Rocky Spur Creek
Schrund Peak
Mount Shyness
Tauroa Creek
Toledo Col
Twin Creek
Wee McGregor Glacier
Mount Williams

Situation and Remarks
.. Block VII, Ramsay Survey District. Tributary of the Rakaia River, draining from Kirk Glacier.
.. Blocks VIII and XI, Lowry Peaks Survey District. Instead of Gower River.
.. Block II, Davie Survey District. At the end of a ridge running south from Mount Giles.
.. Block V, Owen Survey District. At the eastern end of a ridge, north of Jerusalem Creek.
.. Block I, Ramsay Survey District. On the Main Divide north-east of Mount Roberts.
.. Block III, Owen Survey District. On Agassiz Range south of Canyon Creek.
.. Block IX, Whitcombe Survey District. At the eastern end of Jollie Range 8,658 ft.
.. Block X, Ramsay Survey District. On Armoury Range north of Warrior Peak.
.. Block II, Davie Survey District. About 120 chains north-east of the junction of Cronin Stream with Wilberforce River.
.. Block I, Tyndall Survey District. At head of Perth Glacier. Present official name is Lucknow Saddle.
.. Block XI, Ramsay Survey District. On Jollie Range, north-east of Outlaw Peak.
.. Block VII, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Rakaia River east of Jellicoe Creek.
.. Block II, Tyndall Survey District. South-west of Quoin Peak on Main Divide.
.. Block IV, Torlesse Survey District. On Main Divide 1 mile north-east of Mount Petermann.
.. Block IX, Ramsay Survey District. Flows from Tauroa Peak into Frances River.
.. Block X, Ramsay Survey District, east of Spearpoint Peak.
.. Block VII, Whitcombe Survey District. Tributary of Rakaia River, east of Rocky Spur Creek.
.. Blocks I and V, Ramsay Survey District. Present official name “Mary Glacier”.
.. Block IV, Mathias Survey District. On Rolleston Range 2½ miles south of Unknown Col.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

Wilmot River
.. Humboldtside Survey District. Rises on the highest part of Skippers Range and flows northerly along its western flank into the northern end of Lake Wilmot. It has an overflow channel to Pyke River.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

Cook Channel
Cook Stream
Lake Forster
Luncheon Cove
Plato Creek
.. In Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park. Extending from Pickersgill Harbour to Supper Cove and bounded on the north by Long Island and Cooper Island.
.. Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park. Flows north-easterly into Pickersgill Harbour.
.. Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park. South-west of Pickersgill Harbour. Drains into Cook Stream.
.. Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park. On the south-eastern coast of Anchor Island. This name originally given by Captain Cook is to be reinstated on maps.
.. Fiordland National Park. Tributary of Eglinton River. One mile south of Cascade Creek.

NOTE—All names of alpine features are assigned subject to fixation of the relative features on maps.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1963.

R. P. GOUGH, Surveyor-General,
Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/2605/3)



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🗺️ Geographic Names Decisions for Westland and Canterbury Land Districts (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 November 1963
Geographic names, Place names, Land districts, Westland, Canterbury
  • R. P. Gough, Surveyor-General, Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board

🗺️ Geographic Names Decisions for Otago and Southland Land Districts

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 November 1963
Geographic names, Place names, Land districts, Otago, Southland, Fiordland
  • R. P. Gough, Surveyor-General, Chairman, New Zealand Geographic Board