Pursuant to sections 19 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the
New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ("Board") hereby gives notice of the final determinations to alter existing geographic names.
The altered geographic names are now official geographic names and are specified in the first column of the Schedule below.
The geographic feature type that each altered geographic name relates to, is set out in the second column of the Schedule below.
The description of each altered geographic name is set out in the third column of the Schedule below.
The Board’s final determinations on these geographic names take effect on 8 November 2012.
Schedule
First Column Second Column Third Column
Official Geographic
Name Geographic
Feature Type Description
Southland Land District - Undersea Features Inside New Zealand 12 Nautical Mile Territorial Sea
Bauza Basin Basin 45°16.70'S Latitude 166°52.70'E Longitude. Located north-west of Bauza Island in Doubtful Sound / Patea, Fiordland. Maximum depth 218m. NZTopo50 CD05-Dagg Sound, Chart NZ7625, Doubtful Sound NW Chart© Irwin & Main 1981D. Alteration from Nee Basin and the extent of Bauza Basin.
Amazon Basin Basin 44°50.406'S Latitude 167°30.448'E Longitude. Located north-east of Amazon Cove in Bligh Sound, Fiordland. Maximum depth 180m. Partly under Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve. NZTopo50 CB07-Bligh Sound, Chart NZ7623, Bligh Sound Chart© Irwin & Main 1985. Alteration from Escape Basin and the extent of Amazon Basin.
Thompson Basin Basin 45°13.799'S Latitude 166°58.61'E Longitude. Located east of Secretary Island and within Thompson Sound, Fiordland. Maximum depth 342m. NZTopo50 CC05-Colonial Head and CD05-Dagg Sound, Chart NZ7625, Doubtful Sound NW Chart© Irwin & Main 1981D. Alteration from Lyall Basin and the extent of Thompson Basin.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of November 2012.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.