New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency...
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Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg Glacier and Strom Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC)...
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Gould Coast (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the USGS Geographic Names Information System)
named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Laurence M. Gould, a geologist who was second-in-command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
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Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Noel Odell, who was a mountaineer...
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were named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983, after Colin Monteath, a field operations officer with the Antarctic Division...
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from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. The peninsula was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Cape Adare. The peninsula is considered...
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Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for James Barker, leader at Scott Base...
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a height of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). The name was given by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983, at the suggestion of geologist...
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Lyttelton Range (section Exploration and naming)
1960-63. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the port of Lyttelton, New Zealand, where over the years...
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (redirect from Composite Antarctic Gazetteer)
Antarctic Place-names Committee of Japan New Zealand: Antarctic Place-names Committee of New Zealand Norway: Antarctic Place-names Committee of Norway, Norsk...
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Research Program New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee Norwegian Polar Institute Tasmanian polar network United States Antarctic Program Discovery...
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Auckland Islands (redirect from Amherst Rock, New Zealand)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Territorial claims in Antarctica List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands List of islands of New Zealand "Auckland...
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Surprise Spur New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee Quartermain, L. B. (1971). New Zealand and the Antarctic. Wellington, New Zealand: Government...
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Saxby Range (section Name)
Glacier, and Midway Glacier. The Saxby Range was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1982 after Eric Saxby, field leader...
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Frame Ridge (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the USGS Geographic Names Information System)
was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Alexander Oswald Frame of Aberdeen, Scotland, a paleontology technician with the New Zealand...
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Kyle Hills (section Name)
named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Raymond R. Dibble, geophysicist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand...
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Mount Erebus disaster (redirect from Air New Zealand Flight TE 901)
Peter Mulgrew, stood in as guide. The aircraft used for Antarctic flights were Air New Zealand's eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 trijets. The aircraft...
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Malta Plateau (section Name)
to Borchgrevink Glacier. The Malta Plateau was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) to commemorate the island of Malta in...
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Taylor Valley (section Exploration and naming)
Lake Fryxell, in Taylor Valley. Named in association with Canada Glacier by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983. 77°37′S 163°03′E...
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Destination Nunataks (section Exploration and naming)
The name Destination Nunataks, as approved by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) and the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic...
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Lashly Mountains (section Exploration and naming)
central and highest summit of the Lashly Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Petty Officer Thomas Crean, Royal...
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Slagle Ridge (section Exploration and name)
Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Captain H. Ruegg, nautical advisor to the Marine Department of New Zealand, a...
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and Blue Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after Arthur A. Thomas of New Zealand at the suggestion of...
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Massif. Named in 1983 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), on a proposal from geologist M.G. Laird, in association with the name Molar...
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Medal, New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand gallantry awards, the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration and the New Zealand Antarctic Medal. The...
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the Australian Antarctic Territory. They acknowledge two distinct maritime boundaries conclusively delimited by the Australia–New Zealand Maritime Treaty...
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Borchgrevink Coast (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the USGS Geographic Names Information System)
between Cape Adare and Cape Washington. The name was recommended by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Carsten Borchgrevink, a member...
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The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) approved the name in 1982 from a proposal by G.G. Claridge, Soil Bureau, DSIR, New Zealand. One...
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The Permanent Committee on Place Names (PCPN) created from the various Australian and New Zealand committees on geographical names. The PCPN started in...
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Romanes Beach. Mapped by the NZGSAE, 1958-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for J. Harrison, mountaineer-assistant...
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