The Ārai Terraces () are a series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of

Lowery Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Ex ...

Name

The Ārai Terraces were so named by the

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(NZGSAE; 1959–60) because they are a natural barrier to sledge travel which the party was unable to traverse, ''ārai'' being the

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term for barrier.

Location

The Ārai Terraces are in the eastern Queen Elizabeth Range to the northeast of the

Prince Andrew Plateau Prince Andrew Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and wide, lying south of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. Exploration and name The Prince Andrew Plateau was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Anta ...

, east of the

Moore Mountains The Moore Mountains () are a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. They were observed in 1957 by the New Zealand southern party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expeditio ...

and

Mount Rabot Mount Rabot () is a mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Lecointe in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. Name Mount Rabot was discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE; 1907-09). Charles Rabot was editor of '' ...

. The

Linehan Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey E ...

and

define the western boundary, and the

Robb Glacier Robb Glacier () is a glacier about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long, flowing from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of the New Ze ...

the eastern boundary. Features around the Ārai Terraces include Bengaard Peak to the south, Softbed Ridges, Fazekas Hills and Mount Oona to the north.

Features

Bengaard Peak

. Prominent rock peak, high, located south of Fazekas Hills, on the east side of Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Hans J. Bengaard, United States ArmyRP ionospheric scientist at Little America V, 1957.

Softbed Ridges

. A series of parallel rock ridges interspaced by small snow-covered valleys, the whole trending north–south for about and forming a portion of the divide between Lowery Glacier and Robb Glacier. The name was applied in about 1960 by New Zealand parties working in the area.

Fazekas Hills

. Rugged, ice-free hills trending in a north–south direction for just east of Mount Oona on the east side of Lowery Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen P. Fazekas, Sr., United States ArmyRP meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1958.

Mount Oona

. A mountain, high, at the north end of the ridge between Helm Glacier and Lowery Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Henn Oona, United States ArmyRP aurora scientist at South Pole Station, 1964.

References

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