 He was responsible for much of the charting during the two voyages, and the Colbeck Archipelago—off the Mawson Coast—is named after him.His work in the Antarctic was commemorated by the naming of Colbeck Bay at and Cape Colbeck on the King Edward VII peninsula, at .A plaque was placed on the site of his residence at 51 Inchmery Road, London SE6 in September 2016.