✨ Geographic Name Corrections
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 67
15 MAY 2009
Corrigendum—Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names
In the notice with the above heading published in the New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 1982, No. 76, page 2163, please replace:
“Chatham Islands Nomenclature. All those feature names as shown on Sheets 1 and 2. (Total of 299 names in all.)”
with
“Chatham Islands Nomenclature. All those feature names as shown on Sheets 1 and 2, totalling 262 names in all. The names of these 262 unique features are specified in the first column of the Schedule below, and relate to the geographic feature type listed in the second column of the said Schedule, and to the positional coordinate listed in the third column of the said Schedule, and are described in the fourth column of the said Schedule.
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands
Schedule
NOTE: All positions in terms of Chatham Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 projection.
| First Column | Second Column | Third Column | Fourth Column |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place Name | Geographic Feature Type | Coordinate | Description |
| Point Alison | Point | 5 149 600 mN 3 470 400 mE | Point on north-west coast of Chatham Island, 4km west of Waitangi West |
| Awamata Stream | Stream | 5 124 500 mN 3 487 900 mE | Stream running north-west to coast 1km east of Point Durham, south-west Chatham Island |
| Awamutu Creek | Stream | 5 158 700 mN 3 492 900 mE | Creek running north from Rangitihi (hill) and east of Wharekauri locality, northern Chatham Island |
| Awapauka Creek | Stream | 5 127 000 mN 3 505 200 mE | Creek running north-east to confluence with Mangahou Creek, Chatham Island |
| Awatotara Creek | Stream | 5 121 600 mN 3 489 200 mE | Creek running west to coast 3km north of Point Gap, south-west Chatham Island |
| Big Bush | Locality | 5 139 600 mN 3 497 300 mE | Locality 8km north of Waitangi, Chatham Island |
| Blind Reef | Reef | 5 153 400 mN 3 522 400 mE | Reef in centre of bay between Point Munning and Okawa Point, north-east Chatham Island |
| Blind Jims Creek | Stream | 5 153 800 mN 3 494 700 mE | Creek running north-east to bay north of Cattle Point, northern Chatham Island |
| Boundary Rock | Rock | 5 119 200 mN 3 509 600 mE | Rock 500m offshore, 1km south-west of Boundary trig, south-east Chatham Island |
| Canister Cove (Waikokopu) | Bay | 5 088 700 mN 3 521 700 mE | Bay on south-east coast of Pitt Island (Rangiauria), facing South East Island (Rangatira) |
| Cascade Gorge | Gorge | 5 114 600 mN 3 497 300 mE | Gorge running in south-east direction on south coast of Chatham Island, 8km east of Cape L’Eveque |
| The Castle (Rangiwheau) | Island | 5 094 300 mN 3 513 000 mE | Island 5km west of Pitt Island (Rangiauria), 4km east of Sail Rock |
| Cattle Point | Point | 5 150 500 mN 3 496 300 mE | Point in north-east of Te Whanga Lagoon, north-west of Chudleigh Scenic Reserve, northern Chatham Island |
| Cemetery Point | Point | 5 153 600 mN 3 496 000 mE | Point in north-west of Te Whanga Lagoon, 8km north-west of Inia William Tuuta Memorial Aerodrome, northern Chatham Island |
| Chatham Island | Island | 5 154 200 mN 3 496 000 mE | Largest island in Chatham Islands group |
| Mount Chudleigh | Hill | 5 156 800 mN 3 494 400 mE | Hill, 188m, in north of Chatham Island, 5km south-east of Cape Young, trig Mt Chudleigh on summit (geodetic code BAUN) |
| Cloughs Creek | Stream | 5 121 800 mN 3 512 200 mE | Creek running north to coast 1km south-east of Owenga, Chatham Island |
| Cuba Channel | Channel | 5 142 700 mN 3 468 000 mE | Channel on western coast of Chatham Island between Point Somes and Western Reef |
| Mount Diffenbach (Hemokawa) | Hill | 5 150 900 mN 3 483 600 mE | Hill, 134m, 4km north of Port Hutt locality, north-western Chatham Island, trig Hemokawa (Mt Diffenbach) located on summit (geodetic code BARQ) |
| Point Dorset | Point | 5 145 700 mN 3 483 600 mE | Point on southern side of entry to Port Hutt (Whangaroa Harbour), north-western Chatham Island |
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