New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Features named by the expeditions
[edit]1957–1958 expedition
[edit]The 1957–1958 expedition went to the Ross Dependency[2] and named the Borchgrevink Glacier. Other features named include:
1958–1959 expedition
[edit]1960–1961 expedition
[edit]1961–1962 expedition
[edit]- Aurora Heights
- The Boil
- Ford Spur
- Graphite Peak
- Half Century Nunatak
- Half Dome Nunatak
- Hump Passage
- Last Cache Nunatak
- Lookout Dome
- Montgomerie Glacier
- Mount Fyfe
- Mount Macdonald
- Snowshoe Pass
- Turret Nunatak
1962–1963 expedition
[edit]- Browning Pass (remapped and named; first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13)
1963–1964 expedition
[edit]- Austin Peak
- Banded Peak
- Bravo Hills
- Garden Spur
- Leap Year Glacier
- Lonely One Nunatak
- Mount Fairweather
- Mount Gawn
- Outrider Nunatak
- Sledgers Glacier
- The Tusk
1964–1965 expedition
[edit]1965–1966 expedition
[edit]1967–1968 expedition
[edit]1969–1970 expedition
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Quartermain, L. B. (1971). New Zealand and the Antarctic. Wellington, New Zealand: Government Printer. OCLC 211797.
- ^ New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, June 1963.
- ^ "Carter Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
This article incorporates public domain material from "New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.