The UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC) considers proposals and makes recommendations for place names within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT); that area of the Antarctic south of 60°S and extending from 20°W to 80°W. The APC also considers and recommends names for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Following endorsement by the Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory, Paul Candler, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Nigel Phillips CBE, names can then be used in reports, publications, maps and charts. The Committee will not consider proposals for ephemeral features such as icebergs.