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.

Features named by the expeditions

1957–1958 expedition

The 1957–1958 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier. Other features named include:

• Carter Ridge

• Felsite Island
• Halfway Nunatak
• Hedgehog Island
• Moraine Ridge

1958–1959 expedition

• Cadwalader Beach
• Cape Hodgson

• Carter Ridge
• Isolation Point
• Mountaineer Range

• Mount Aurora
• Mount Hayward

• Mount Henderson (White Island)
• Mount Bird.

1960–1961 expedition

• Deverall Island
• Lonewolf Nunataks

1961–1962 expedition

• 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

• Browning Pass (remapped and named; first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13)

• Crash Nunatak

1963–1964 expedition

• 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

• Moody Nunatak
• Mount Gregory
• Mount Hayter
• Turbidite Hill

1965–1966 expedition

• Hades Terrace

1967–1968 expedition

• Champness Glacier
• Graduation Ridge

• Dow Peak
• Moawhango Névé
• Ian Peak

1969–1970 expedition

• Bartlett Bench
• Marble Peak
• Roaring Ridge
• Surprise Spur

See also

• New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

References