Katau Creek and Katau Knob
Status
- Katau Creek - new name for a feature not named on current mapping
- Katau Knob - spelling alteration from Ngataus Knob (recorded name)
- These name proposals were published in the New Zealand Gazette, newspapers and the 14 May 2009 NZGB public notice of decisions.
Description
In Westland National Park/Tai Poutini National Park, Katau Knob is at the south-west end of Copland Range, topographic map 260-H36-Aoraki/Mount Cook, height 1211m at GR 561 303. Katau Creek flows into the Copland River, map 260-H36-Aoraki/Mount Cook, source: GR 557 303, confluence: GR 561 280.
Report
You can read the Katau Creek and Katau Knob place name report (pdf 2.20MB - also available in HTML), which was considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 27 March 2009. The report includes a printable map.
Consultation
The consultation period closed 5pm 17 August 2009.
Maps
Katau Creek
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Katau Knob
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