Name StatusApprovedFeatureBankNZ Gazette Reference2005 (45) p.1116DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionNamed after Dr Dennis Hayes, a marine geophysicist who worked in and published extensively on the Antarctic region with the NSF USNS Eltanin program in the 1960s through 1980s. He is a Professor at Columbia University and was Deputy Director of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.