New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the

Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south. It is claimed by New Zealand, a claim accepted only b ...

on the

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...

continent. It is composed of the members of the

New Zealand Geographic Board The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ...

plus selected specialists on Antarctica. This committee works in collaboration with similar place-naming authorities in Australia, Great Britain and the United States to reach concurrence on each decision. The NZ-APC committee was established in 1956.

Names attributed by the committee

* Alberich Glacier, named after

Alberich In German heroic legend, Alberich () is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems ''Nibelungenlied'' and ''Ortnit''. He also features in the Old Norse collection of German legends called the Thidreksaga under the name Alfrikr. His name me ...

, king of the

elves An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology. They are subsequently mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's Icelandic Prose Edda. He distinguishes "ligh ...

and chief of the

Nibelungen The term Nibelung (German) or Niflungr (Old Norse) is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend. It has an unclear etymology, but is often connected to the root ''nebel'', meaning mist. The te ...

* Arena Saddle, named in conjunction with Arena Valley * Brawhm Pass, named after the six party members of the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

expeditions of 1964–65 and 1966–67 * Caliper Cove, named for descriptive features * Canada Stream, named in conjunction with

Canada Glacier Canada Glacier is a small glacier flowing south-east into the northern side of Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is in the Ross Dependency. Its melting season is in the summer. Description The glacier receives less than 10 cm ...

* Cape Crossfire, named for descriptive features * Cuneiform Cliffs, named for descriptive features * Foggy Pass, named for area weather features *

Frame Ridge Frame Ridge () is a small straight ridge in the central part of Brown Peninsula, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is located just north of the small, central lake on the peninsula and extends northward down to Tuff Bluff. It was named by the New Zeala ...

, named after Alexander Oswald Frame, paleontology technician * Marshall Stream, named in conjunction with the Marshall Valley * Mount Burrows, named after A.L. Burrows *

Mount Jennings Mount Jennings is a peak rising to about immediately south of Mount Roy in the Barker Range of the Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Peter Jennings, a fiel ...

, named after

Peter Jennings Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. He dropped o ...

, field assistant and mechanic *

Slump Mountain Slump Mountain () is a peak 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) southwest of University Peak, rising to 2,195 m between the heads of University Valley and Farnell Valley in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by New Zealand ...

, named for descriptive features *

Tousled Peak Tousled Peak () is a small ice-covered peak, 1,220 m, situated 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the summit of Mount Lubbock in the south end of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. The name given by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Nam ...

, named for descriptive features

Names attributed by the committee

See also

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