Antarctic Place Names




24 JUNE 2004

Griffiths Glacier
77°10'S Latitude, 162°20'E Longitude. Prominent cirque-type glacier located north-east of Crisp Glacier in Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. It drains east south-east to Debenham Glacier to the east of Second Facet.

Guyon, Mount
78°25'S Latitude, 158°17'E Longitude. A bluff-type mountain with a small summit area, 2541m. It rises at the west side of Deception Glacier and forms the highest elevation in Warren Range.

Hedblom Glacier
76°34'S Latitude, 162°24'E Longitude. A glacier between Mount Creak and Tito Peak that flows east from Endeavour Massif to Tripp Ice Tongue, Victoria Land.

Hurricane Ridge
78°24'S Latitude, 164°12'E Longitude. The eastern of two broad, mainly ice-free ridges that descend north from Mount Morning, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Gandalf Ridge and Lake Discovery are located at the north end of this ridge.

Irving Glacier
76°13'S Latitude, 160°16'E Longitude. A glacier that flows north-west between Coombs Hills and Wyandot Ridge to enter Odell Glacier, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land.

Kappen Cliffs
76°56'S Latitude, 162°22'E Longitude. Steep rock cliffs that form the south edge of Kar Plateau on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The cliffs are 9km long and rise to 600m.

Ketchum Ridge
76°33'S Latitude, 162°20'E Longitude. The largest ridge that extends east from the south part of Endeavour Massif, Kirkwood Range.

Kienle Cirque
78°04'S Latitude, 167°21'E Longitude. An ice-filled cirque 3km wide, the largest cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago.

Kuechle Island
77°52'S Latitude, 165°13'E Longitude. Island lying 1.6km north-west of Uberuaga Island that is the northern-most feature in Dailey Islands, McMurdo Sound.

Lettau Bluff
76°57'S Latitude, 167°00'E Longitude. A rock and ice bluff that forms the central part of the west edge of Beaufort Island. It rises 200m above Ross Sea.

Margaret Hill
78°12'S Latitude, 162°55'E Longitude. A peak rising to 1874m in on Rücker Ridge, 8km east of Mount Rücker, Royal Society Range, Victoria Land.

Marshall Cirque
78°05'S Latitude, 167°16'E Longitude. An ice-filled cirque 1.6km wide, located 1.6km south-west of Kienle Cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago.

Maumee Bight
77°29'S Latitude, 166°21'E Longitude. A bight between Rocky Point and Micou Point on the west side of Ross Island. The feature is 9.6km long and forms the south part of Wohlschlag Bay.

McIntosh Cliffs
78°32'S Latitude, 166°24'E Longitude. A line of steep, uneven, volcanic bluffs or cliffs, 25.7km long, forming the south-west side of the Minna Bluff peninsula, at the south end of Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The height of the cliffs increases from west to east, ranging from 400-600m above Ross Ice Shelf.

Melania Ridge
78°09'S Latitude, 166°17'E Longitude. A basalt ridge running south-east for 5km from Mount Melania, Black Island, in Ross Archipelago.

Minna Hook
78°36'S Latitude, 167°06'E Longitude. A massive hook-shaped volcanic feature, 14.5km long and rising to 1115m, that forms the south-east termination of the peninsula named Minna Bluff at the south end of Scott Coast.

Moraine Strait
78°12'S Latitude, 165°48'E Longitude. A strait on the McMurdo Ice Shelf that trends north-south between Brown Peninsula, Mount Discovery, and Minna Bluff on the west, and Black Island on the east.

Newport Point
77°32'S Latitude, 166°10'E Longitude. The south entrance point to Horseshoe Bay in west Ross Island.

Pa Tio Tio Gap
76°25'S Latitude, 161°57'E Longitude. A glacier-filled gap at 1000m. It trends east-west between Robertson Massif and Endeavour Massif in Kirkwood Range, Victoria Land.

Pakaru Icefalls
77°38'S Latitude, 166°39'E Longitude. Icefalls between Cape Evans and Turks Head on the south-west shore of Ross Island.

Pyne Glacier
77°04'S Latitude, 162°18'E Longitude. Glacier east of Robson Glacier in Gonville and Caius Range. Flows north and joins Mackay Glacier system south-west of The Flatiron.

Robbins Hill
77°48'S Latitude, 164°04'E Longitude. A hill 5km long which is the eastern-most rock unit on the north side of the terminus of Blue Glacier, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature rises to 1140m in the west portion.

Robertson Massif
76°22'S Latitude, 161°55'E Longitude. A rugged mainly ice-covered massif, 11km long, located north of Pa Tio Tio Gap. The feature includes Mount Gauss and Mount Chetwynd and forms the north segment of Kirkwood Range.

Rohnke Crests
77°35'S Latitude, 168°41'E Longitude. Two rock ridges (c. 1400m) that are parallel and rise above the general ice mantle on the south-east slopes of Mount Terror, Ross Island. This feature is east of the head of Eastwind Glacier and 6.4km north-east of Conical Hill.

Rowe Nunataks
78°15'S Latitude, 166°07'E Longitude. A cluster of nunataks 5km north-west of Cape Beck in the south-west part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago.

Schmidtman, Mount
76°34'S Latitude, 161°00'E Longitude. A peak to the north of Mount Naab at the north-east end of Eastwind Ridge, Convoy Range.

Schwall Peak
76°51'S Latitude, 160°54'E Longitude. A peak rising to 1200m in southern Convoy Range, adjacent to Staten Island Heights, 5.5km west north-west of Mount Gunn.

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76

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