The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. 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 and named the

Borchgrevink Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue, the Borchgrevink ...

. Other features named include: * Carter Ridge * Felsite Island * Halfway Nunatak * Hedgehog Island * Moraine Ridge

1958–1959 expedition

Cadwalader Beach Cadwalader Beach () is a beach nearly long at the south end of Beaufort Island, in the Ross Archipelago in McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. The beach is occupied by a large Adélie penguin rookery and there is easy access from the sea when the coast ...

Cape Hodgson Cape Hodgson () is the northernmost cape of Black Island, in the Ross Archipelago, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) for Thomas V. Hodgson, a biologist with the British National Anta ...

* Carter Ridge * Isolation Point *

Mountaineer Range Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expe ...

Mount Aurora Mount Aurora is a round-topped volcanic summit, high, the highest point on Black Island in the Ross Archipelago. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) after the ''Aurora'', the vessel which conveyed ...

* Mount Hayward * Mount Henderson (White Island) * Mount Bird.

1960–1961 expedition

* Deverall Island *

Lonewolf Nunataks The Lonewolf Nunataks () are a group of isolated nunataks lying northwest of the Wilhoite Nunataks, at the south side of Byrd Névé, Antarctica. They were so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geologi ...

1961–1962 expedition

* Aurora Heights *

The Boil The Boil () is a prominent snow eminence marked by rock exposures on the northeast side of the Reeves Neve, in Victoria Land. It rises over 2,300 m and stands 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Shepard Cliff. The descriptive name was app ...

Ford Spur Ford Spur () is a prominent spur which marks the southwestern extremity of Haynes Table, and the confluence of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic ...

Graphite Peak Graphite Peak () is a peak, high, standing at the northeast end of a ridge running northeast from Mount Clarke, just south of the head of Falkenhof Glacier in Antarctica. It was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ( ...

Half Century Nunatak Half Century Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak, displaying a high east-facing rock escarpment, located north of Dismal Buttress at the west side of upper Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geologi ...

Half Dome Nunatak Half Dome Nunatak () is a nunatak lying south of the Cobham Range in Antarctica, at the mouth of Lucy Glacier. It was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarc ...

Hump Passage Hump Passage () is a wide gap just southeast of Barnum Peak, through which Liv Glacier emerges from the polar plateau. It was originally referred to as the "Hump" by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and is the pass over which he made his historic South ...

Last Cache Nunatak Last Cache Nunatak () is the southernmost and last nunatak on the ridge forming the eastern wall of Zaneveld Glacier. Though not large, it is an important navigational landmark on the polar plateau in the vicinity of the head of Shackleton Glacier. ...

Lookout Dome Lookout Dome () is an ice-covered, dome-shaped mountain, high, in the Miller Range, Antarctica. It was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) because its heights offer an extensive view of Nimrod Glacier ...

Montgomerie Glacier Montgomerie Glacier () is a narrow tributary glacier, long, flowing north along the west side of Hampton Ridge in the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica to enter Lennox-King Glacier. It was named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geologic ...

Mount Fyfe Mount Fyfe is a mountain, high, standing north of the Quest Cliffs in the Geologists Range, Antarctica. It was seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) and named for H.E. Fyfe, chief geologi ...

Mount Macdonald Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and M ...

* Snowshoe Pass * Turret Nunatak

1962–1963 expedition

* Browning Pass (remapped and named; first mapped by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 The ''Terra Nova'' Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objec ...

) * Crash Nunatak

1963–1964 expedition

* Austin Peak * Banded Peak * Bravo Hills * Garden Spur *

Leap Year Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

Lonely One Nunatak Lonely One Nunatak () is an eroded rock outcrop northwest of the Morozumi Range, Antarctica. The low outcrop rises above the relatively featureless ice at the west side of the confluence of Gressitt Glacier and Rennick Glacier. The name, applied ...

Mount Fairweather Mount Fairweather (officially gazetted as Fairweather Mountain in Canada but referred to as Mount Fairweather), is the highest mountain in the Canadian province of British Columbia, with an elevation of . It is located east of the Pacific Ocean ...

* Mount Gawn * Outrider Nunatak *

Sledgers Glacier Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches ...

* The Tusk

1964–1965 expedition

* Moody Nunatak * Mount Gregory * Mount Hayter * Turbidite Hill

1965–1966 expedition

Hades Terrace Hades Terrace is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff along the east side of Campbell Glacier, situated just west of the Vulcan Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand ...

1967–1968 expedition

Champness Glacier Champness Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long, draining northeast from the vicinity of Ian Peak in the Bowers Mountains and entering Lillie Glacier at Griffith Ridge, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was so named by the New Zealand Geol ...

* Graduation Ridge *

Dow Peak Dow Peak () is a peak located 2 nautical miles (4 km) east-southeast of Mount Sturm in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey ...

Moawhango Névé Alamein Range () is a range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geologic ...

Ian Peak Mount Stirling () is a mountain, high, in the Bowers Mountains, Antarctica. It is located southwest of Mount Freed where it forms part of the east wall of Leap Year Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ( ...

1969–1970 expedition

Bartlett Bench Bartlett Bench is a bare, flat benchlike elevation which overlooks Bartlett Glacier from the east, located south-southwest of Mount Ruth in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air ...

* Marble Peak *

Roaring Ridge Roaring Ridge () is a long and outstanding spur that descends from the Watson Escarpment 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Blackburn. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–6 ...

* Surprise Spur

References

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