New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition Explained

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.^[1]

Features named by the expeditions

1957–1958 expedition

The 1957–1958 expedition went to the Ross Dependency^[2] and named the Borchgrevink Glacier. Other features named include:

Carter Ridge
Felsite Island
Halfway Nunatak
Hedgehog Island
Moraine Ridge

1958–1959 expedition

Cadwalader Beach
Cape Hodgson
Carter Ridge^[3]
Isolation Point
Mountaineer Range
Mount Aurora
Mount Hayward
Mount Henderson (White Island)
Mount Bird.

1960–1961 expedition

Deverall Island
Lonewolf Nunataks

1961–1962 expedition

Aurora Heights
The Boil
Ford Spur
Graphite Peak
Half Century Nunatak
Half Dome Nunatak
Hump Passage
Last Cache Nunatak
Lookout Dome
Montgomerie Glacier
Mount Fyfe
Mount Macdonald
Snowshoe Pass
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
Banded Peak
Bravo Hills
Garden Spur
Leap Year Glacier
Lonely One Nunatak
Mount Fairweather
Mount Gawn
Outrider Nunatak
Sledgers Glacier
The Tusk

1964–1965 expedition

Moody Nunatak
Mount Gregory
Mount Hayter
Turbidite Hill

1965–1966 expedition

Hades Terrace

1967–1968 expedition

Champness Glacier
Graduation Ridge
Dow Peak
Moawhango Névé
Ian Peak

1969–1970 expedition

Bartlett Bench
Marble Peak
Roaring Ridge
Surprise Spur

Notes and References

Book: Quartermain, L. B. . New Zealand and the Antarctic . Government Printer . 1971 . Wellington, New Zealand . 211797.
https://books.google.com/books?id=eiE4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA349&dq=%22New+Zealand+Geological+Survey%22+%22Antarctic+Expedition%22&ei=G2DXSbitKZWyyQTZtfzDAQ New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
antarid. 2482. Carter Ridge.