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AIR - AIRPORT: Landing ground for aeroplanes
BAY - BAY/INLET: A salient of water into the land
BCH - BEACH: Sand or gravel shore of a body of water
BDGE - BRIDGE: Structure spanning an obstacle
BLDG - BUILDING: Man made structure for a specific use
BNK - BANK: Underwater eminence which may dry at L.W.
BSN - MOUNTAIN BASIN: Bowl shaped depression in land
CAVE - CAVE: Subterranean chamber
CEM - CEMETERY: Place for burying the dead
CGND - CAMPING GROUND: Area used for temporary shelter
CLIF - CLIFF: Steep rock face
CRTR - CRATER: Depression caused by volcanic activity
DAM - DAM: Barrier constructed across a water course
ESTY - ESTUARY: Tidal mouth of a river
FALL - WATERFALL: Sudden steepening in river gradient
FARM - FARM: Area (been)developed for farming
FLAT - FLAT: Relatively level area of land
FORD - FORD: Shallow unbridged river crossing
FRST - FOREST: Dense growth of trees
GEO - GEOTHERMAL AREA: Area of geothermal activity
GLCR - GLACIER: Accumulation of slowly moving ice
GLKS - GOLF LINKS: Area set out for golf
GORG - GORGE/VALLEY: Linear depression in land surface
HILL - HILL: A natural elevation of the Earth's surface
HIST - HISTORIC: Area/structure of historic importance
HOSP - HOSPITAL: Institution for treatment of the sick
HSTD - HSTD: Homestead
HUT - HUT: Simple rural building for shelter
ISLD - ISLAND: Body of land surrounded by water
ISTH - ISTHMUS: Neck of land joining two larger areas
LAKE - LAKE: Body of inland water
LOC - LOCALITY: Defined area of low or nil population
LTH - LIGHTHOUSE: Lighted structure for navigation
METR - METR: Metropolis: Major city
MINE - MINE: Excavation for the extraction of minerals
MNAT - MISCELLANEOUS NATURAL FEATURE:
MPLA - MISCELLANEOUS PLACE:Misc named place or area
MRFM - MARINE ROCK FORMATION
NAVB - NAVIGATIONAL BEACON: A navigational aid.
NLR - NLR: Native Land Reserve or Block
PA - PA: A Maori locality
PARK - PARK: Area set aside for recreational use
PASS - PASS: Low point in a range of hills
PEN - PENINSULA: Land area nearly surrounded by water
PNT - POINT: Area protruding into water or floodplain
POPL - POPULATED PLACE: Populated area less than a town
PPLN - PIPELINE: Conduit for carriage of liquids or gas
RC - RACECOURSE: Circuit on which races are run
RDGE - RIDGE: Elongated elevation of land
RDRF - ROAD RELATED FEATURE:Named road feature
RLYF - RAILWAY RELATED FEATURE: Named railway feature
RNGE - RANGE: Aligned and connected series of hills
ROCK - ROCK: Isolated rocky outcrop
RSTN - RAILWAY STATION: Stopping place for trains
SBRB - SUBURB: Component part of a town
SCH - SCHOOL: Place of instruction
SEA - SEA: Ocean or large body of saltwater
SKI - SKI: Area for skiing activities
SLIP - SLIP: Area of unstable hillside
SPR - SPRING: Natural issue of water
STRA - STRAIT: Narrow stretch of water
STRM - STREAM: Natural watercourse
SWMP - SWAMP: Permanently waterlogged area
TOWN - TOWN: Town or city forming nucleus of region
TRCK - TRACK: Foot path
TREE - TREE: Tree with historical significance
TRIG - TRIG: Geodetic Station
TUNL - TUNNEL: Man made subterranean passage
TWAY - TRAMWAY: Narrow gauge bush railway
UNIV - UNIVERSITY: Institution of higher learning
USAT - URBAN SATELLITE: S/c community adjacent to city
WELL - WELL: Hole bored for the extraction of liquid or gas
WHF - WHARF: Structure for the berthing of vessels
WILD - WILDERNESS AREA: Area preserved in natural state
WRCK - WRECK: Wrecked,sunken or stranded vessel
WWAY - WATER WAY: Man made water course

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