5036 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 172 14 DECEMBER 2006

An objection was received to these proposed place names and was dealt with pursuant to section 13 of the said Act.
I hereby declare that it is my decision to uphold the objection to these proposed place names and that this decision took effect
on 6 December 2006.
I note that, pursuant to section 12 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, notice is hereby given of the intention of
the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign original Māori place names for these same features
stated in the first column of the Schedule below to the respective places described in the second column of the said Schedule.
Further objection to this proposed assigning of the original Māori place names may be given in writing, setting out the grounds
for objection, to the Secretary of the New Zealand Geographic Board, care of Land Information New Zealand, Private Box
5501, Wellington 6145, within a period of three months from the date of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.

Schedule
North Auckland Land District
Four Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands place names – topographic map 260-L01 Three Kings and hydrographic chart NZ4111:

Maratea Shoals
Group of three exposed shoals south of Tasman Bay, Manawatāwhi/Great Island,
GR 328 815 and 34°10′S Latitude 172°09′E Longitude. Not named on current map.
Dragon Teeth Shoals (not official) shown on current chart.

Pataea Bay
Coastal bay at the westernmost end of Manawatāwhi/Great Island, GR 302 833 and
34°09′S Latitude 172°07′20″E Longitude. Not named on current map. Crater Bay
(not official) shown on current chart.

Petu Point
Coastal point at the north-easternmost end of Manawatāwhi/Great Island, GR 334 839
and 34°08′40″S Latitude 172°09′30″E Longitude. Not named on current map or chart.
Also referred to as East Point or Kaharoa Point (not official).

Tapatu Bay
Coastal bay at the south-west of Manawatāwhi/Great Island, GR 306 823 and 34°09′40″S
Latitude 172°07′35″E Longitude. Not named on current map. Little Bear Bay (not official)
shown on current chart.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 2006.
DAVID PARKER, Minister for Land Information.

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Notice of Final Decisions to Assign Place Names in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica
Notice is hereby given of the final decisions of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign the
place names stated in the first column of the Schedules below to the places described in the second column of the said
Schedules, and that such decisions took effect on 8 November 2006.

Schedule 1
New Zealand Name

Gargoyle Turrets
77º09.85′S Latitude 161º38.72′E Longitude. A group of three prominent buttresses,
approximate height 1200m, situated at the top of steep cliffs, above the Miller Glacier
and opposite Queer Mountain, in the Saint Johns Range. Topographic map: ST 57-60/5
Taylor Glacier (1:250,000).

Schedule 2
United States of America Names

Gupwell Pond
77°33′30″S Latitude 160°54′18″E Longitude. A pond 500m south of midmost Hoffman
Ledge in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Topographic map:
Labyrinth (1:50,000).

Hawthorne Bluff
77°29′S Latitude 160°21′E Longitude. A rock bluff at the south end of McAllister Hills
in Victoria Land. Topographic map: Webb Lake (1:50,000).

Kurasawa Pond
77°31′45″S Latitude 160°44′30″E Longitude. A pond in the north-west part of the
Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys; it lies south of Dean Cirque and
800m east of the Wright Upper Glacier terminus. Topographic map: Labyrinth (1:50,000).

Murray Pond
77°33′48″S Latitude 160°55′00″E Longitude. A pond 600m east south-east of Gupwell
Pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. It is the westernmost of
the three aligned ponds lying south of the east part of Hoffman Ledge. Topographic
map: Labyrinth (1:50,000).

Nakai Snowfield
77°29′S Latitude 161°31′E Longitude. A snowfield at approximately 1600m elevation
that occupies the col between Mount Hercules and Mount Jason in Olympus Range,
McMurdo Dry Valleys. Topographic map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000).

Watanuki Pond
77°31′39″S Latitude 160°46′00″E Longitude. A pond lying 2.7km south south-west of
Apollo Peak in the north-west part of the Labyrinth of Wright Valley. The pond is also
positioned as being 400m east north-east of Kurasawa Pond and 1.3km east of the
Wright Upper Glacier terminus. Topographic map: Labyrinth (1:50,000).

Williams Pond
77°32′32″S Latitude 160°58′34″E Longitude. A pond 600m north of the east end of
Hoffman Ledge in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Topographic
map: Labyrinth (1:50,000).

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 2006.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.

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