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 Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

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 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 ...

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 Carter Ridge () is a high and mountainous ridge, long, located between Coral Sea Glacier and Elder Glacier, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, and the Uni ...

* Felsite Island *

Halfway Nunatak Halfway Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the Antarctica, on the west side of The Landing, and almost in the center of the upper Skelton Glacier. It was surveyed and descriptively named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans ...

* Hedgehog Island * Moraine Ridge

1958–1959 expedition

* Cadwalader Beach * Cape Hodgson *

Isolation Point Isolation Point () is a small volcanic peak projecting through the ice sheet covering the southeastern extremity of White Island White Island may refer to: Places Oceania *Whakaari / White Island, volcanic island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ...

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 exp ...

* Mount Aurora * Mount Hayward * Mount Henderson (White Island) *

Mount Bird Mount Bird is a high shield volcano standing about south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them aft ...

1960–1961 expedition

Deverall Island Deverall Island () is a small ice-covered island, rising above the Ross Ice Shelf just northeast of Beaumont Bay. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) for William H. Deverall, a radio operator at Scott ...

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 Aurora Heights is a prominent feature long, bordering the north side of Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for the ''Aurora'', the ship of the Ross Sea Party ...

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 Geolo ...

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 Anta ...

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 Sout ...

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 Glaci ...

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 The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a se ...

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 Geologi ...

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 ...

Snowshoe Pass Snowshoe Pass () is a snow saddle 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Aurora Heights, between Argosy and Skua Glaciers in the Miller Range. It was discovered and named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Ex ...

* Turret Nunatak

1962–1963 expedition

* Browning Pass (remapped and named; first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13) * Crash Nunatak

1963–1964 expedition

Austin Peak Austin Peak () is a peak in the east-central portion of the Mirabito Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, for Willi ...

* 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 Outrider Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak (1,250 m) in the north-central portion of the Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks. The feature was photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on January 4, 1947. The summit of the nunatak was intersect ...

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 Mount Hayter is a peak in Antarctica, high, standing southeast of Laird Plateau on the west side of Olson Neve. It was seen by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964–65) and named for Adrian Hayter, leader at Scott Ba ...

* 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 * Graduation Ridge * Dow Peak *

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 Geolo ...

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 * Marble Peak * Roaring Ridge *

Surprise Spur Surprise Spur () is a prominent spur, the northernmost of three spurs on the southwest side of Ackerman Ridge in the La Gorce Mountains of Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

References

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