Since 1988, it has been officially called the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG); previously, it was misleadingly known as Joint Defence Space Research Facility.
מאז 1988, נקראת רשמית בשם המתקן הביטחוני המשולב פיין גאפ (JDFPG, Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap); בעבר, נודעה בשם מתקן המחקר להגנת חלל (באנגלית: Joint Defence Space Research Facility).