Updated: 18 July 2005

Feature Codes used by the Gazetteer of Australia

Code	Feature and Included Terms
AF	Aerodrome, Airfield, Airport, Landing ground, Airstrip
ANCH	Anchorage
ARCH	Archipelago
BANK	Bank, Bar, Sandbar
BATH	Bank, Basin, Canyon, Discordance, Escarpment, Fracture zone, Gap, Guyot, Knoll, Plain, Reef, Ridge, Rise, Saddle, Seamount, Shelf, Shoal, Spur, Terrace, Trench, Trough
BAY	Bay
BCH	Beach
BCST	Broadcasting station (radio and television)
BEND	Bend, Loop, Meander
BGHT	Bight
BLDG	Agricultural establishment, Asylum, Barn, Chalet, Coal depot, Guard house, Hotel, Inn, Institute, Museum, Observatory, Rest house, Sanatorium, Shelter, Tavern, Telephone exchange, Tower, Town hall, Warehouse, Abbey, Hut, Bell tower, Chapel, Church, Convent, Brewery, Factory, Plant, Power station, Steel works, Tannery, Winery, Works, Hospital, Prison, Pumping station, Pump, Police station, Stadium, Telegraph office, Telephone office, Fire station, Abattoir, Barracks, Busway station, Battery, Roadhouse, Mill, Sawmill, Mission, Post office
BORE	Bore, Well
BRDG	Bridge, Culvert
BRK	Breaker
BRKW	Breakwater, Groyne, Levee, Mole
CAPE	Cape
CAVE	Cave, Blowhole, Cavern, Grotto
CEM	Cemetery
CHAN	Channel (offshore)
CLAY	Claypan, Clayhole, Clay pit, Clay flat
CLIF	Bluff, Cliff, Breakaway, Escarpment, Jumpup, Precipice, Buttress
CNAL	Canal, Waterway, Aqueduct, Bore drain, Channel
CNTY	County
COMM	Commune, Community centre
CONT	Continent
COVE	Cove, Inlet
CP	Campsite, Camp
CRTR	Crater
DAM	Dam, Weir, Catchment, Barrage
DEPR	Depression, Basin, Donga
DI	Agricultural area, County, District, Local government area, Parish, Region
DOCK	Dock, Basin, Wetdock, Dry dock
DRN	Drain
DSRT	Desert
DUNE	Dunes
ENTR	Entrance
ESTY	Estuary
FARM	Special purpose farm, Research establishment
FORD	Ford, Crossing
FRNG	Rifle range, Rocket range, Bombing range
FRST	Forest, Wood, Thicket, Scrub, Copse, Brushwood, Glade, Grove
GASF	Gasfield (Well), Oil well
GATE	Gate, City exit
GLCR	Glacier
GORG	Gorge, Ravine, Canyon, Glen, Chasm
GRDN	Garden, Vineyards
GULF	Gulf
HBR	Harbour, Haven, Roadstead, Marina
HILL	Hill, Knoll, Knob, Mesa, Sugarloaf, Lookout, Butte, Hillock, Kopje
HMSD	Homestead, Outstation, Outcamp, Woolshed, Aboriginal outstation
HWY	Highway
INTL	Intermittent Lake
IS	Island, Island group, Cay, Isle, Islet, Clumps
ISTH	Isthmus, Neck
LAGN	Lagoon
LAKE	Lake, Tarn, Loch, Lough
LDGE	Ledge
LH	Lighthouse
LOCB	Locality (bounded), Town, Village, Populated place, Local government town, Town site (no population)
LOCK	Lock
LOCU	Locality (unbounded), Place nnme, Road corner, Road bend, Corner, Meteorological station, Ocean place name, Surfing spot
MINE	Mine, Goldfield, Opalfield, Shaft, Mining centre
MONU	Bench mark, Cairn, Column, Marker, Monument, Obelisk
MT	Mountain, Peak
NAVB	Beacon, Light, Buoy
OCEN	Ocean
PASS	Pass, Passage, Gap, Col
PEAK	Mountain peak, Summit, Point (inland), Rock column, Butte
PEN	Peninsula
PIER	Pier, Wharf, landing, Quay
PL	Plateau, Tableland
PLAN	Plantation
PLN	Plain, Downs, Prairie, Flat, Heath, Field
PORT	Port
PRSH	Parish
PT	Point, Head, Headland, Spit, Ness, Promontory, Bill
QUAR	Quarry
RCH	Reach, Arm
RDGE	Ridge, Saddle, Spur
REEF	Reef
RES	Reservoir, Pondage, Pond, Artificial lake
RESV	Reserve, Park, National park, Conservation park, Common
RH	Rockhole, Gnamma Hole
RNGE	Range, Mountain range, Hills, Mountains
ROAD	Road
ROCK	Rock, Boulder, Pinnacle, Crag, Needle, Pillar, Rock formation, Tor, Rocks (on land), Rocks (offshore)
RSTA	Railway station
RTRK	Racetrack, Auto track, Cycle racing track, Velodrome
RUIN	Ruin
SCHL	School, College
SEA	Sea
SHOL	Shoal, Shallows, Patches
SITE	Historical site
SLP	Slope, Hillside, Terrace
SND	Sound
SOAK	Native well, Soak, Soakage
SPAN	Salt pan
SPIT	Sandspit
SPRG	Spring, Pool spring, Hotsprings, Mineral spring
STATE	State
STOK	Stock route
STR	Strait
STRM	Stream, Brook, Watercourse, Anabranch, Backwash, Backwater, Run, Creek, River, Gully rivulet, Beck, Backwater, Burn
SUB	Suburb
SWP	Swamp, Marsh, Morass, Saltmarsh, Wetland
TANK	Tank
TOWR	Tower
TREE	Tree
TRIG	Trig. station
TRK	Track (walking), Path (bridle), Trail
TUNN	Tunnel
URBN	Urban area, City
VAL	Valley, Dale, Dell, Vale
WRCK	Wreck
WRFL	Waterfall, Cascade, Cataract, Falls, Rapids
WTRH	Waterhole, Lagoon, Hole, Pool, Washpool, Billabong, Oxbow
YD	Yard

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Status of features used by the Gazetteer of Australia

The status of geographic names approved by the naming authorities are: Official, Unofficial or Historical. The process required for a name to become official varies from State to State. For details on this process contact the relevant authority. Historical names have only been included where the custodian authority maintains a register of historical names.