Tent, Jan2016-08-302016-08-300027-7738http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107345Toponymic literature often mentions that the names of geographic features generally have the structure: specific + generic. While this is often the case, there are a set of geographic features that regularly do not follow this sequence. These are capes, lakes, mountains, and points. Their order of elements is often the reverse: generic + specific. By using toponyms from the Gazetteer of Australia and the New Zealand Gazetteer, this article shows there is indeed a distinct and suggestive pattern to the names that these features bear, explores this phenomenon and attempts to discover reasons for this trend.10 pages© 2016 American Name Society.placename genericsplacename specificsAustraliaNew Zealandcapelakemountpoint201610.1080/00277738.2016.1197646