NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76

24 JUNE 2004

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Bulfinch Ridge

76°29'S Latitude, 162°13'E Longitude. A ridge 6.5km long, that extends east from the north part of Endeavour Massif, Kirkwood Range, Victoria Land.

Cis, Mount

77°34'S Latitude, 166°19'E Longitude. A hill (184m) located 1.8km north-east of Cape Barne in west Ross Island.

Cleary, Mount

76°27'S Latitude, 161°58'E Longitude. A summit that overlooks Pa Tio Tio Gap from the south. It rises over 1400m at the north extremity of Endeavour Massif in Kirkwood Range.

Cole, Lake

78°09'S Latitude, 166°13'E Longitude. An ice-covered lake 2.5km long located south of Mount Ewart and Mount Melania on Black Island in the Ross Archipelago.

Cowie Nunatak

77°08'S Latitude, 160°21'E Longitude. A bold bluff-type nunatak (1782m) with a cliffed east face, located 8km west of Detour Nunatak in the upper part of Mackay Glacier, Victoria Land.

Curtiss, Mount

77°06'S Latitude, 162°26'E Longitude. A peak (c. 1300m) at the east end of the main ridge of Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land.

Davison Peak

77°53'S Latitude, 164°04'E Longitude. A coastal peak (1340m) located 3km east of Hobbs Peak in Denton Hills, Victoria Land.

Denton Hills

78°05'S Latitude, 163°55'E Longitude. A group of rugged foothills, 38km long south-west/north-east and 14.5km wide, to the east of Royal Society Range on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature comprises a series of east-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by Howchin Glacier, Armitage Saddle, Blue Glacier, the coast and Walcott Bay. The highest summits, Mount Kowalczyk (1703m) and Goat Mountain (1634m) rise from Hobbs Ridge in the north part of the foothills. Elevations decrease southward as in Kahiwi Maihao Ridge (1045m) near the centre of the group and Xanadu Hills (820m) at the south end. The principal glaciers (Hobbs, Blackwelder, Salmon, Garwood, Joyce, Rivard, Miers, Adams, Ward) flow east but have receded, leaving several dry valleys.

Dibble Bluff

78°07'S Latitude, 167°13'E Longitude. A conspicuous rock bluff 1.6km south of Marshall Cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. The bluff rises abruptly from McMurdo Ice Shelf to over 400m.

Discovery Glacier

78°20'S Latitude, 164°30'E Longitude. A broad glacier, 14.5km long, between Hurricane Ridge and Mount Discovery on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The glacier flows north to coalesce with the east margin of lower Koettlitz Glacier.

Discovery, Lake

78°20'S Latitude, 164°15'E Longitude. A lake, 5km long, situated at the north end of Hurricane Ridge on the west margin of Discovery Glacier, Scott Coast, Victoria Land.

Dreary Isthmus

78°12'S Latitude, 165°17'E Longitude. A low, narrow neck of land, or isthmus, that joins the base of Brown Peninsula and the low morainal area north of Mount Discovery, Scott Coast, Victoria Land.

Dunbar Head

78°38'S Latitude, 164°10'E Longitude. A projecting rock headland at the south end of Scott Coast, 18km south-east of the summit of Mount Morning. The feature rises to over 200m and overlooks Ross Ice Shelf midway between Eastface Nunatak and Birthday Bluffs.

Right Column

Eastwind Glacier

77°37'S Latitude, 168°16'E Longitude. A glacier that drains part of the south slopes of Mount Terror in south-east Ross Island. It flows south-west and coalesces with the east margin of Terror Glacier where the two glaciers enter Fog Bay.

Eggers, Lake

78°06'S Latitude, 165°25'E Longitude. An ice-covered lake, 1km long, located just east of Rainbow Ridge in central Brown Peninsula, Scott Coast, Victoria Land.

Endeavour Massif

76°33'S Latitude, 162°02'E Longitude. A huge, flat-topped massif on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. The massif extends south from Pa Tio Tio Gap to Fry Glacier and forms the south block of the Kirkwood Range (Robertson Massif forms the north block). Shoulder Mountain, Mount Belgrave and Mount Creak rise from the south part of the massif. Steep coastal cliffs and projecting ridges mark the east margin, but there is a gentle slope west from the massif’s broad, plateau-like snow summit.

Endeavour Piedmont Glacier

77°23'S Latitude, 166°40'E Longitude. A piedmont glacier, 9.5km long and 3km wide, between the south-west part of Mount Bird and Micou Point, Ross Island.

Estes, Mount

78°16'S Latitude, 166°18'E Longitude. A flattish mountain 4km south of Mount Aurora in the south part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago. The mountain rises to 600m and is similar to the flat Cape Beck massif that forms the south end of the island.

Ewart, Mount

78°08'S Latitude, 166°08'E Longitude. An ice-free mountain rising to 213m at the north-west side of Lake Cole and 2.5km west of Mount Melania, Black Island, in Ross Archipelago.

Fritter Glacier

77°08'S Latitude, 162°35'E Longitude. A glacier between Mount Curtiss and Mount Jensen in Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. It flows east to Wilson Piedmont Glacier.

Gandalf Ridge

78°21'S Latitude, 164°07'E Longitude. A volcanic ridge at the north-west end of Hurricane Ridge, to the north of Mount Morning on Scott Coast.

Glacier Ridge

77°35'S Latitude, 167°16'E Longitude. A broad north-south ridge, 7km long and 1km wide, on the south slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. Completely ice covered, the ridge descends from c. 2200m to 600m, terminating 3.3km north-west of Tyree Head.

Glezen Glacier

76°32'S Latitude, 162°18'E Longitude. A glacier that flows east from Endeavour Massif, Kirkwood Range, Victoria Land. The glacier flows along the north side of Ketchum Ridge to Tripp Ice Tongue.