The New Zealand Geographic Board has named many features within the Dependency.

It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1998) after "colony", a form of government.

It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1994) in association with Catacomb Hill.

The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied by New Zealand Geographic Board in 1993.

O'Regan is currently a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board.

The ridge was named in the Māori language by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994.

It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1994) in association with Chancellor Lakes near the east end of the ridge.

It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994.

It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998, in association with Canada Glacier.

The name was gazetted upon the university's suggestion by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1968.