Notice of Approved Official Geographic Names at the Subantarctic Islands
Pursuant to sections 10(1)(b), 24(2)(a), 21(2) and 10(1)(e) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“Board”) gives notice of 198 approved official geographic names as described in the Schedules below.
The Board’s final determination on these approved official geographic names took effect on 26 August 2021.
| Approved Official Geographic Name | Geographic Feature Type | Longitude, Latitude |
| Boat Harbour | Bay | 166.61013, -48.02339 |
| North East Island | Island | 166.6, -48.01667 |
| Western Chain | Islands | 166.50786, -48.05643 |
| Approved Official Geographic Name | Geographic Feature Type | Longitude, Latitude |
| Adams Island | Island | 166.04576, -50.88448 |
| Adams Rocks | Islands | 165.89936, -50.85468 |
| Amherst Rock | Rock | 166.00039, -50.91338 |
| Archer Rock | Rock | 166.24057, -50.82678 |
| Astrolabe Point | Point | 165.95686, -50.90298 |
| Beacon Point | Point | 166.21641, -50.54809 |
| Beacon Rock | Rock | 166.13804, -50.51036 |
| Beehive Rock | Rock | 166.07112, -50.66391 |
| Bivouac Hill | Hill | 166.10759, -50.58857 |
| Black Head | Point | 166.12955, -50.50976 |
| Blanche Rock | Rock | 166.32538, -50.59333 |
| Bleak Hill | Hill | 166.09934, -50.65151 |
| Bollons Bay | Bay | 166.17466, -50.88531 |
| Breaksea Point | Point | 165.91503, -50.83107 |
| Bristow | Hill | 165.92501, -50.77035 |
| Bristow Point | Point | 165.88499, -50.77046 |
| Butterfield Point | Point | 166.26768, -50.50822 |
| Camp Cove | Bay | 166.01587, -50.84773 |
| Cape Bennett | Hill | 166.23046, -50.82995 |
| Cape Bennett | Point | 166.24408, -50.83173 |
| Cape Farr | Point | 166.22278, -50.86056 |
| Cape Lovitt | Point | 165.87, -50.79995 |
| Cape Thomson | Point | 166.12322, -50.91582 |
| Carnley Harbour | Bay | 166.06815, -50.8391 |
| Castaways Bay | Bay | 165.99219, -50.60398 |
| Castle Point | Point | 166.17004, -50.89573 |
| Cave Rock | Rock | 166.17449, -50.54949 |
| Cavern Peak | Hill | 166.1027, -50.75683 |
| Chambres Inlet | Bay | 166.18871, -50.61974 |
| Chapel Rock | Rock | 166.1537, -50.67056 |
| Circular Head | Point | 166.02116, -50.78898 |
| Cloudy Peak | Hill | 166.14505, -50.57669 |
| Coleridge Bay | Bay | 165.99922, -50.81971 |
| Column Rocks | Rocks | 166.05169, -50.53151 |
| Compadre Rock | Island | 166.11939, -50.51323 |
| Conical Hill | Hill | 166.20792, -50.58852 |
| Crozier Point | Point | 166.28554, -50.54141 |
| Davis Island | Island | 166.2174, -50.54569 |
| Deep Inlet | Bay | 166.16935, -50.75989 |
| Detached Rock | Island | 165.88203, -50.76892 |
| Disappointment Island | Island | 165.97019, -50.60741 |
| Dromedary | Hill | 166.02128, -50.7935 |
| Dundas Island | Island | 166.32086, -50.57647 |
| East Head | Point | 166.17294, -50.73223 |
| Embrasure Point | Point | 165.90588, -50.85736 |
| Enderby Island | Island | 166.30365, -50.49541 |
| Erebus Cove | Bay | 166.2132, -50.54323 |
| Erlangen Clearing | Flat | 166.01324, -50.74938 |
| Ewing Island | Island | 166.30348, -50.52772 |
| Falla Peninsula | Peninsula | 166.16896, -50.70306 |
| Figure of Eight Island | Island | 166.02246, -50.76321 |
| Finger Rocks | Rocks | 165.89897, -50.80187 |
| Flagstaff | Hill | 166.05026, -50.82444 |
| Flagstaff Point | Point | 166.05177, -50.83158 |
| Flat top Hill | Hill | 166.17821, -50.5944 |
| Flat-Topped Hill | Hill | 166.21868, -50.57283 |
| Fleming Plateau | Plateau | 165.94849, -50.79697 |
| Fly Harbour | Bay | 166.10193, -50.90329 |
| Frenchs Island | Island | 166.28838, -50.53918 |
| Friday Island | Island | 166.23368, -50.51877 |
| Giants Archway | Rock | 166.12322, -50.665 |
| Giants Tomb | Rock | 166.07846, -50.73927 |
| Gilroy Head | Point | 166.2064, -50.88328 |
| Grafton Point | Point | 166.07656, -50.84853 |
| Granger Inlet | Bay | 166.18256, -50.63357 |
| Green Island | Island | 166.3604, -50.5661 |
| Grey Duck Creek | Stream | 166.14162, -50.56277 |
| Griffith Inlet | Bay | 166.19254, -50.64854 |
| Hanfield Inlet | Bay | 166.15821, -50.73113 |
| Haskell Bay | Bay | 166.23832, -50.59147 |
| Hogsback | Hill | 166.18917, -50.6068 |
| Hooker | Hill | 166.14569, -50.54637 |
| Hooker Hills | Hills | 166.1375, -50.55174 |
| Johnson Point | Point | 166.21477, -50.54004 |
| Lake Speight | Lake | 165.98069, -50.82083 |
| Lake Turbott | Lake | 166.04659, -50.90601 |
| Lantern Rocks | Rocks | 165.94761, -50.89737 |
| Laurie Harbour | Bay | 166.19593, -50.55459 |
| Lindley Point | Point | 166.23039, -50.52106 |
| Lion Rock | Rock | 166.17621, -50.82894 |
| Logan Point | Point | 165.91179, -50.87159 |
| Lookout Point | Hill | 166.26527, -50.53681 |
| Lower Dome | Hill | 166.16633, -50.87309 |
| Lucas Head | Point | 166.25388, -50.51745 |
| Masked Island | Island | 166.02369, -50.84345 |
| Matheson Bay | Bay | 166.19855, -50.52073 |
| McClure Head | Point | 166.00141, -50.80969 |
| McLennan Inlet | Bay | 166.19468, -50.80136 |
| Meggs Hill | Hill | 166.23171, -50.56574 |
| Middle Head | Hill | 166.14368, -50.73366 |
| Monumental Island | Island | 165.91768, -50.83372 |
| Mount Dick | Hill | 166.02157, -50.8962 |
| Mount D’Urville | Hill | 166.14815, -50.82311 |
| Mount Easton | Hill | 166.09573, -50.63204 |
| Mount Eden | Hill | 166.17209, -50.57827 |
| Mount Raynal | Hill | 166.05285, -50.72685 |
| Musgrave Harbour | Bay | 166.00327, -50.79416 |
| Musgrave Inlet | Bay | 166.18077, -50.66322 |
| Musgrave Knob | Hill | 166.17049, -50.64855 |
| Musgrave Peninsula | Peninsula | 166.05858, -50.81914 |
| Norman Inlet | Bay | 166.12527, -50.71212 |
| North Arm | Bay | 166.14338, -50.72954 |
| North Arm | Bay | 166.0414, -50.77997 |
| North East Cape | Point | 166.32274, -50.49992 |
| North Harbour | Bay | 166.13622, -50.52085 |
| North Point | Point | 166.1735, -50.50942 |
| North West Cape | Point | 166.05898, -50.53176 |
| Ocean Island | Island | 166.27384, -50.52549 |
| Omega Peak | Hill | 166.09099, -50.69149 |
| Perpendicular Head | Point | 166.2005, -50.86152 |
| Pillar Rock | Rock | 166.22555, -50.51675 |
| Pinnacle Rocks | Rocks | 165.94678, -50.60564 |
| Port Ross | Bay | 166.25321, -50.52526 |
| Pyramid Rock | Hill | 166.15638, -50.78388 |
| Raynal Point | Point | 166.05717, -50.79057 |
| Rock Knob | Rock | 166.13688, -50.79118 |
| Rose Island | Island | 166.24879, -50.51247 |
| Round Point | Point | 166.03562, -50.76028 |
| Sandy Bay | Bay | 166.28158, -50.50093 |
| Sealers Creek | Stream | 166.20981, -50.56451 |
| Shag Rock | Rock | 166.20747, -50.70864 |
| Shelter Point | Point | 166.21115, -50.81577 |
| Shoe Island | Island | 166.22716, -50.53654 |
| Signboard Point | Point | 166.19078, -50.67483 |
| Skua-Gull Flat | Flat | 166.00732, -50.83882 |
| Smith Crag | Hill | 166.12165, -50.69619 |
| Smith Harbour | Bay | 166.14413, -50.69555 |
| South Arm | Bay | 166.12407, -50.7375 |
| South Cape | Point | 166.07225, -50.92788 |
| South West Adams | Hill | 165.92995, -50.86507 |
| South West Cape | Point | 165.88626, -50.8384 |
| Stony Peak | Hill | 166.11351, -50.60149 |
| Sugar Loaf Rocks | Rocks | 166.02531, -50.60461 |
| Tagua Bay | Bay | 166.0803, -50.81577 |
| Tandy Inlet | Bay | 166.15577, -50.68351 |
| Terror Cove | Bay | 166.21292, -50.53817 |
| The Dome | Hill | 166.10004, -50.87396 |
| The Five Sisters Rocks | Rocks | 166.0854, -50.52385 |
| Tower of Babel | Hill | 165.97125, -50.79885 |
| Trinity Cove | Bay | 165.95921, -50.84638 |
| Tucker Point | Point | 166.26829, -50.53002 |
| Twin Peaks | Hills | 166.2076, -50.61878 |
| Victoria Passage | Channel | 165.91843, -50.83571 |
| Waterfall Inlet | Bay | 166.20645, -50.81573 |
| Webling Bay | Bay | 166.26683, -50.55358 |
| Western Arm | Bay | 165.98177, -50.85908 |
| Western Harbour | Bay | 165.91846, -50.82055 |
| Wilkes Peak | Hill | 166.08745, -50.77323 |
| Williamson Point | Point | 166.17866, -50.5587 |
| Worth Inlet | Bay | 166.20436, -50.78921 |
| Yule Island | Island | 166.3155, -50.5364 |
| Approved Official Geographic Name | Geographic Feature Type | Longitude, Latitude |
| Beeman Hill | Hill | 169.14932, -52.54534 |
| Boyack Point | Point | 169.17333, -52.54583 |
| Bull Rock | Rock | 169.22993, -52.46935 |
| Camp Cove | Bay | 169.13587, -52.5558 |
| Col Peak | Hill | 169.13245, -52.53543 |
| Cossack Rock | Rock | 169.24354, -52.50472 |
| Davis Point | Point | 169.23678, -52.56305 |
| Dent Island | Island | 169.06505, -52.52365 |
| Depot Point | Point | 169.14645, -52.55439 |
| East Cape | Point | 169.26564, -52.55043 |
| Eboulé Peak | Hill | 169.13018, -52.59208 |
| Erebus Point | Point | 169.25991, -52.56287 |
| Faye Bump | Hill | 169.19636, -52.48926 |
| Filhol Peak | Hill | 169.13176, -52.57534 |
| Garden Cove | Bay | 169.13509, -52.5615 |
| Jacquemart Island | Island | 169.12626, -52.61751 |
| La Botte | Rock | 169.13443, -52.61274 |
| Menhir | Rock | 169.07607, -52.5536 |
| Monument Harbour | Bay | 169.14256, -52.60373 |
| Moubray Hill | Hill | 169.23188, -52.55171 |
| Mount Azimuth | Hill | 169.14593, -52.50849 |
| Mount Dumas | Hill | 169.09846, -52.57113 |
| Mount Faye | Hill | 169.17822, -52.49772 |
| Mount Fizeau | Hill | 169.15526, -52.51404 |
| Mount Honey | Hill | 169.16575, -52.57102 |
| Mount Lyall | Hill | 169.17579, -52.53419 |
| Mount Paris | Hill | 169.04142, -52.55788 |
| North Cape | Point | 169.22534, -52.47111 |
| Northeast Harbour | Bay | 169.2, -52.51667 |
| Northwest Bay | Bay | 169.09643, -52.54294 |
| Penguin Bay | Bay | 169.03427, -52.53541 |
| Perseverance Harbour | Bay | 169.20427, -52.55328 |
| Puiseux Peak | Hill | 169.16287, -52.60004 |
| Seagull Rock | Rock | 169.03924, -52.57582 |
| Shoal Point | Point | 169.17242, -52.55315 |
| Smoothwater Bay | Bay | 169.24288, -52.53668 |
| South Point | Point | 169.24058, -52.5753 |
| Southeast Harbour | Bay | 169.1809, -52.5974 |
| Survey Island | Island | 169.0644, -52.58075 |
| Tucker Cove | Bay | 169.14361, -52.55028 |
| Venus Bay | Bay | 169.14124, -52.56042 |
| Wasp Island | Island | 169.0178, -52.57653 |
| Yvon Villarcean Peak | Hill | 169.03094, -52.53907 |
| Approved Official Geographic Name | Geographic Feature Type | Longitude, Latitude |
| Remarkable Cave | Cave | 178.79799, -49.66396 |
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 2021.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.