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^[1] 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^[2]
• 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[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)