Geographic Name Approvals




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 65 — 22 JUNE 2017

Approved Undersea Feature Name Undersea Feature Type Description
Witts Rock Reef 40°51.90′S Latitude, 174°17.70′E Longitude. A reef in Cook Strait, north of Cape Jackson. Depicted on Charts NZ 48 and NZ 615.
Wright Rock Reef 43°54.10′S Latitude, 172°56.80′E Longitude. A reef southwest of Timutimu Head, Banks Peninsula. Depicted on Charts NZ 632 and NZ 6324.
Zeno Rock Reef 36°42.70′S Latitude, 174°59.40′E Longitude. A reef east-northeast of Rakino Island, Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana. Depicted on Charts NZ 532 and NZ 5324.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June 2017.

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


Notice of Final Determinations on Altering and Assigning Official Antarctic Geographic Names

Pursuant to sections 10(1), 25 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 (NZGB Act 2008), the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“Board”) hereby gives notice of altering existing and assigning new Antarctic geographic names. The altered and new official Antarctic geographic names are specified in the two Schedules below.

The last column in each Schedule has the reconfirmed, new or improved positions for the official names.

The Board’s final determinations on these official Antarctic geographic names took effect on 22 June 2017.

Schedule 1 – Altered Names (33)

Official Altered Antarctic Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Former Geographic Name and Authority Coordinates (latitude longitude)
Adélie Glacier Glacier Adele Glacier. Official Name by New Zealand Gazette, 6 April 1989, No. 62, page 1435. 77.21667°S 166.5°E
Southern Ocean Ocean Antarctic Ocean. Official valid Antarctic name by sections 35(1) and (2) NZGB Act 2008: Provisional Gazetteer, 1958. 62.2436°S 167.3695°E
Ārai Terraces Terraces Arai Terraces. Official name by New Zealand Gazette, 11 May 2012, No. 53, page 1477. 83.2°S 163.6°E
Adare Peninsula Peninsula Cape Adare Peninsula. Official valid Antarctic name by sections 35(1) and (2) NZGB Act 2008: Provisional Gazetteer, 1958. 71.63352°S 170.51556°E
Kartografov Island Island Cartographers’ Island. Official valid Antarctic name by sections 35(1) and (2) NZGB Act 2008: APNC Minutes 16/07/1964. 69.19377°S 157.69991°E
Salmon Bay Bay Davis Bay. Official valid Antarctic name by sections 35(1) and (2) NZGB Act 2008: Provisional Gazetteer, 1958. 77.93333°S 164.55°E

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🗺️ Notice of Decisions to Approve Undersea Feature Names (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 June 2017
Undersea features, Geographic names, Cook Strait, Banks Peninsula, Hauraki Gulf
  • W. K. Shaw, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

🗺️ Notice of Final Determinations on Altering and Assigning Official Antarctic Geographic Names

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 June 2017
Antarctic geographic names, Name alterations, Name assignments, Geographic Board
  • New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa