Decisions of The New Zealand Geographic Board
20 October 2005
Notice of Intention to Assign or Alter Place Names
Pursuant to section 12 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, notice is hereby given of the intention of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign new intended place names or alter existing place names, stated in the first column of the Schedule below, to the respective places described in the second column of the said Schedule.
Objection to the proposed new or altered place names may be given in writing, setting out the grounds for objection, to the Secretary of the New Zealand Geographic Board, care of Land Information New Zealand, Private Box 5501, Wellington, within a period of three months from the date of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.
Schedule
North Auckland Land District
| Reweti | Locality halfway between Helensville and Kumeu, Topographic Map 260-Q10 Helensville, GR 402 928. Spelling alteration from Rewiti (replacing previous New Zealand Gazette 1953 page 87). |
Sharp Stream |
Stream flowing north north-westerly into the Kaurimu Stream in West Auckland, Topographic Map 260-R11 Auckland, GR 559 736. Spelling alteration from Sharpe Stream (replacing previous New Zealand Gazette 1989 page 3005). |
Vella Stream |
Stream flowing north-easterly into the Opanuku Stream in West Auckland, Topographic Map 260-R11 Auckland, GR 525 768. Spelling alteration from Vela Stream (replacing previous New Zealand Gazette 1989 page 3005). |
South Auckland Land District
Crawford Street Terminal |
Container transfer site at the northern end of the Te Rapa marshalling yard, Topographic Map 260-S14 Hamilton, GR 077 793. Not named on current mapping. |
Wellington Land District
Morison Bush |
Locality, 9 km east of Featherston, Topographic Map 260-S27 Lake Wairarapa, GR 147 067. Spelling alteration from Morrisons Bush. |
Scholes Creek |
Stream flowing westerly into the Wainuiomata River, Topographic Map 260-R27, R28 & Pt Q27 Wellington, GR 750 881. Spelling alteration from Scholl Creek. |
Marlborough Land District
Gold Reef Bay |
Bay located in Kenepuru Sound, Topographic Map 260-P27 Picton, bounded south by a line between coastal points GR 923 012 and GR 926 013. Not named on current mapping. |
Canterbury Land District
Kaimakamaka Peaks |
Two peaks at heights 2431m and 2392m, in the Ben Ohau Range, at the head of Irishman Stream, Topographic Map 260-H37 Tasman, GR 735 881 and GR 738 876. Not named on current mapping. |
Borrell Creek |
Stream located in southern Kakahu Forest, centered between Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Fairlie, flowing generally south-westerly then south-easterly from its source, south of the microwave reflector along Benmore Road, into the Kakahu River, Topographic Map 260-J38 Geraldine, from GR 576 768 to GR 578 708. Not named on current mapping. |
Borrell Creek Cutting |
Cutting adjacent to SH 79 and to the proposed Borrell Creek, Topographic Map 260-J38 Geraldine, GR 569 738. Not named on current mapping. |
Otago Land District
Wolff River |
River flowing westerly from its source at Mount Terres into the Tasman Sea, Topographic Map 260-D38 & D39 Lake McKerrow/Whakatipu Waitai, GR 033 269. Spelling alteration from Wolf River (replacing previous New Zealand Gazette 1984 page 4798). |
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of October 2005.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.
17 June 2005
Notice of Final Decisions to Assign or Alter Place Names
Pursuant to section 15 of the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, notice is hereby given of the final decisions of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign the new or altered place names, stated in the first column of the Schedule below, to the places described in the second column of the said Schedule, and that such decisions take effect on the date of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.
Schedule
Wellington Land District
Alsops Bay |
Bay at the south-west end of Lake Wairarapa, Topographic Map 260-S27 Lake Wairarapa, GR 920 890. Spelling correction from Allsops Bay. |
Marlborough Land District
Pipitea |
Locality 10km north-east of Blenheim, generally bounded west by Neal Road, north by Rarangi Road, east by the coastline, and south by the Wairau Diversion, Topographic Map 260-P28 Blenheim, GR 952 749. Not named on current mapping. |
Nelson Land District
D'Urville Pass |
Pass connecting the head of the D'Urville River to the head of the Matakitaki River East Branch, in the Spenser Mountains, Topographic Map 260-M30 Matakitaki, GR 782 967. Not named on current mapping. |
Hodgens Valley Stream |
Stream flowing north into the Dove River, Topographic Map 260-N27 Moutere, GR 046 843. Spelling correction from Hodgen Valley Stream. |
Three Tarn Pass |
Pass connecting the head of the West Branch Matakitaki River to the head of the western tributary of the Right Branch Maruia River, in the Spenser Mountains, Topographic Map 260-M31 Lewis, GR 655 812. Not named on current mapping. |
Nelson/Canterbury Land District
Clarence Pass |
Pass connecting the head of the Clarence River to the upper reaches of the East Branch Sabine River, in the St Arnaud Range, Topographic Map 260-M30 Matakitaki, GR 865 005. Not named on current mapping. |
Enid Pass |
Pass between Mount Humbolt and Enid Peak, connecting an upper tributary of Enid Stream to the head of an unnamed stream flowing into the Matakitaki River East Branch, in the Spenser Mountains, Topographic Map 260-M30 Matakitaki, GR 781 915. Not named on current mapping. |
Canterbury Land District
Enid Stream |
Stream flowing north-easterly then south-easterly from Enid Peak into the Waiau River, in the Spenser Mountains, Topographic Maps 260-M30 Matakitaki, GR 800 920 and 260-M31 Lewis, GR 810 895. Not named on current mapping. |
Waikekewai Creek |
Stream flowing generally south-easterly from the Southbridge Leeston Road (just north of Southbridge) to the ocean, Topographic Maps 260-L36 Rakaia, GR 498 114 and 260-M36 & M37, Lincoln, GR 545 080. Spelling correction from Waikewai Creek. |
Westland Land District
Mackenzie Creek |
Stream flowing north from Mount Mackenzie into the Landsborough River in the Southern Alps/Ka Tiritiri o te Moana, Topographic Map 260-G37 Landsborough, GR 451 906. Spelling correction from McKenzie Creek. |
Mount Mackenzie |
Mountain at height 2156m in the Southern Alps/Ka Tiritiri o te Moana, Topographic Map 260-G37 Landsborough, GR 470 905. Spelling correction from Mount McKenzie. |
Otago Land District
Celtic Peak |
Peak at height 2198m in the Huxley Range, at the head of the Dingle Burn, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 330 576. Not named on current mapping. |
Elusive Peak |
Peak at height 2231m in the Barrier Range, less than 2km south south-east of Mount Maitland, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 476 651. Not named on current mapping. |
Highlander Peak |
Peak at height 2285m in the Huxley Range at the head of the Dingle Burn, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 343 588. Not named on current mapping. |
Mount Hiwiroa |
Mountain at height 2281m in the Barrier Range, 2km due north of Mount Maitland, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 469 687. Not named on current mapping. |
Pakeke Peak |
Peak at height 2237m in the Barrier Range, less than 4km south-east of Mount Huxley, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 465 737. Not named on current mapping. |
Paku Peak |
Peak at height 2196m in the Barrier Range, at the head of Watson Stream, Topographic Map 260-G38 Haast Pass, GR 463 699. Not named on current mapping. |
Taiaha Peak |
Peak at height 2241m, 1km south south-east of McNulty Peak, Topographic Map 260-H37 Tasman, GR 522 896. Not named on current mapping. |
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of October 2005.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.
17 June 2005
Corrigendum - Notice of Final Decisions to Assign Place Names
In a notice with the above heading, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 3 March 2005, No. 45, page 1115, the descriptions of the place names stated in the first column of the Schedule below, are to be corrected to the respective places described in the second column of the said Schedule.
Schedule
Otago Land District
Garretts Bush |
An area of bush immediately surrounding Sticking Up Gully, located near Outram in the lower hills north of the Taieri Plains, applying to an area between the watershed ridges on both sides of Sticking Up Gully, extending from the ridgeline along McKendry Road and down to Lee Creek, Topographic Map 260-H44 Lawrence, surrounding GR 895 809 to GR 897 801. Not named on current mapping. |
Sticking Up Gully |
A small gully surrounded by Garretts Bush, located near Outram in the lower hills north of the Taieri Plains, running generally east then south, and joining with Lee Creek, Topographic Map 260-H44 Lawrence, from GR 895 809 to GR 897 801. Not named on current mapping. |
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of October 2005.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.
17 June and 12 September 2005
Notice of Final Decisions to Assign Place Names in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica
Notice is hereby given of the final decisions of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign the names stated in the first column of the three Schedules below, to the places described in the second column of the said Schedules, and that such decisions took effect on 17 June 2005 and 12 September 2005.
Schedule 1
New Zealand Names for the Mount Bastion and Victoria Valley Maps, 1:25,000 Scale
Anu whakatoro Glacier |
77°17'25"S Latitude, 161°42'00"E Longitude. A glacier, 1 km long, between Tūkeri Peak and Spain Peak on the headwall of Ringer Valley in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Broady Valley |
77°15'35"S Latitude, 161°37'00"E Longitude. A steeply inclined valley 2.5 km long lying west of Lanyon Peak in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens south-west to the snout of Victoria Upper Glacier. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Bryan Glacier |
77°24'15"S Latitude, 160°55'45"E Longitude. A glacier that flows south from a divide with Papitashvili Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Clegg Nunataks |
77°22'36"S Latitude, 160°38'15"E Longitude. A nunatak group, 2¼ km long, lying above (south-west of) Haselton Icefall in the upper part of Haselton Glacier, Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Dickenson Valley |
77°19'20"S Latitude, 161°26'25"E Longitude. A valley 2 km long on the west side of Nickell Peak, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Edbrooke Hill |
77°23'40"S Latitude, 160°38'18"E Longitude. A hill, 2100 m, at the extreme west end of the Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The hill rises 100 m above the adjacent plateau ice, which diverges at the hill to the north-east flowing Haselton Glacier and the east flowing Huka kapo Glacier. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Fenwick Glacier |
77°16'33"S Latitude, 161°41'35"E Longitude. A glacier, 1 km long, between Mount Majerus and Tūkeri Peak on the headwall of Ringer Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Forsyth Peak |
77°18'30"S Latitude, 161°10'22"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1500 m, 3 km east of Loewenstein Peak, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Gabites Glacier |
77°20'54"S Latitude, 160°32'30"E Longitude. A glacier on the headwall of Caffin Valley, 0.5 km west of the head of Walker Glacier, in Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Greenfield Ponds |
77°18'14"S Latitude, 160°51'45"E Longitude. Two ponds close together at the south end of Conrad Ledge in The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Huka kapo Glacier |
77°24'12"S Latitude, 160°43'00"E Longitude. A glacier from the plateau of Willett Range, Victoria Land. It flows east from the south of Edbrooke Hill, and terminates nearly midway along the south side of Apocalypse Peaks. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Moremore Nunataks |
77°18'54"S Latitude, 160°27'00"E Longitude. A nunatak group 3 km long, immediately west of McSaveney Spur and Mount Bastion on the plateau of Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Mount Isaac |
77°17'48"S Latitude, 161°19'30"E Longitude. A mountain 2 km south-east of Mount Novak, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. It rises to 1250 m at the head of Alexander Valley, dividing the south part of the valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Pākira Nunatak |
77°24'03"S Latitude, 160°22'47"E Longitude. A nunatak, 2400 m, at the north end of Metcalf Spur on the plateau of Willett Range, Victoria Land. The nunatak is 3 km north-west of Shapeless Mountain. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Pūanu Glacier |
77°23'30"S Latitude, 160°58'40"E Longitude. A glacier that occupies the upper portion of Papitashvili Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Rose Crest |
77°23'31"S Latitude, 160°56'30"E Longitude. A summit (c. 2000 m) at the south end of Wendler Spur in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The crest stands between the head of Albert Valley and Papitashvili Valley. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Templeton Peak |
77°17'30"S Latitude, 161°50'02"E Longitude. A peak rising to c. 1400 m on the ridge between the head of Ringer Valley and Deshler Valley in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The peak is 2.5 km south-west of Mount Swinford. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Totoa Nunatak |
77°19'17"S Latitude, 160°25'36"E Longitude. A nunatak at the south-west end of the Moremore Nunataks, 1 km west of Mount Bastion, on the plateau of Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Tūkeri Peak |
77°16'55"S Latitude, 161°41'31"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1400 m at the head of Ringer Valley, Victoria Land. The peak stands midway between Mount Majerus and Spain Peak on the principal ridge of Saint Johns Range. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Turnbull Peak |
77°23'32"S Latitude, 161°01'28"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1600 m at the head of Hernandez Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Walker Glacier |
77°20'00"S Latitude, 160°37'15"E Longitude. An attenuated glacier flowing north-east in Caffin Valley closely following the west side of Gibson Spur, Willett Range, Victoria Land. The glacier terminates at Barwick Valley short of reaching the south flank of Webb Glacier. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Schedule 2
American Names for the Mount Bastion and Victoria Valley Maps, 1:25,000 Scale
Albert Valley |
77°22'42"S Latitude, 160°55'40"E Longitude. A hanging valley between Conway Peak and Wendler Spur in central Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens north to Barwick Valley. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Alexander Valley |
77°17'30"S Latitude, 161°22'00"E Longitude. A valley 2.5 km long between Mount Leland and Sponsors Peak, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The lower end of the valley is ice free and opens to Victoria Upper Glacier; the upper portion is partly ice covered and is surmounted by Mount Isaac, 1250 m. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Bell Buttress |
77°18'15"S Latitude, 160°59'30"E Longitude. A forked flat-topped ridge, 2 km long, which extends north from The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land, into the south-west part of Victoria Upper Névé. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Berkey Valley |
77°19'30"S Latitude, 161°21'00"E Longitude. A valley 1.5 km long on the east side of Price Terrace, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens south to Barwick Valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Besson Spur |
77°23' 00" S Latitude, 161°01'45"E Longitude. A rock spur that descends north between Papitashvili Valley and Hernandez Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Bowser Valley |
77°20'00"S Latitude, 161°55'30"E Longitude. A valley that encloses a small glacier at the headwall, lying east of Crawford Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Conrad Ledge |
77°17'35"S Latitude, 160°53'10"E Longitude. A flat-topped ridge 1 km long between Hilt Cirque and Dana Cirque in The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Conway Peak |
77°22'13"S Latitude, 160°53'45"E Longitude. An ice-free peak which rises to 1800 m between the foot of Wreath Valley and Albert Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Crawford Valley |
77°19'42"S Latitude, 161°51'00"E Longitude. A valley which is ice free except at the headwall, lying between Deshler Valley and Bowser Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Cruzen Range |
77°19'00"S Latitude, 161°10'00"E Longitude. A mountain range that rises to 1600 m in Vashka Crag and extends west-east for 16 km between Salyer Ledge and Nickell Peak, Victoria Land. The range is bounded to the north, east, south, and west by Clare Range, Victoria Valley, Barwick Valley, and Webb Glacier. Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Dahe Glacier |
77°15'00"S Latitude, 162°02'00"E Longitude. A glacier flowing north-east between Stone Ridge and Wise Ridge, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. It terminates as a hanging glacier on a bluff 200 m above the head of Debenham Glacier. Topographic Maps: Victoria Upper Lake, Lake Brownworth (1:50,000), and ST 57-60/6 Ross Island (1:250,000). |
Dana Cirque |
77°18'00"S Latitude, 160°54'00"E Longitude. A cirque 1 km wide lying east of Conrad Ledge in The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Deshler Valley |
77°19'00"S Latitude, 161°46'15"E Longitude. A mostly ice-free valley between Spain Peak and Morse Spur, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens south to Victoria Valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Finnemore Peak |
77°23'39"S Latitude, 160°50'35"E Longitude. A summit, 2050 m, at the south end of the ridge that separates the head of Wreath Valley and Albert Valley, Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Gaisser Valley |
77°19'30"S Latitude, 161°07'20"E Longitude. A mostly ice-free valley 2.5 km long that descends south from Vashka Crag, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The valley is bounded to the east by Peterson Terrace and terminates as a hanging valley 1km north-west of Lake Vashka. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Halzen Mesa |
77°23'40"S Latitude, 161°26'25"E Longitude. An oblong island-like mesa, 8 km long and rising to 1435m, that is the largest and eastern-most of three mesas in the Insel Range, Victoria Land. The upper surface is relatively level but the periphery is marked by abrupt cliffs that rise 500 to 600 m above the floor of Barwick Valley and McKelvey Valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Haselton Glacier |
77°21'15"S Latitude, 160°45'00"E Longitude. A glacier flowing north-east from Haselton Icefalls, located between Gibson Spur and the Apocalypse Peaks, terminating as a hanging glacier at Barwick Valley, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Hernandez Valley |
77°22'42" S Latitude, 161°04'35"E Longitude. An ice-free valley, which is the eastern-most of four aligned hanging valleys in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens north to Barwick Valley opposite Lake Vashka. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Hilt Cirque |
77°17'30"S Latitude, 160°51'30"E Longitude. The western-most cirque of The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The cirque is 1 km wide and lies east of Salyer Ledge. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Johns Cirque |
77°19'35"S Latitude, 161°01'00"E Longitude. A cirque on the east side of McLean Buttress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Kreutz Snowfield |
77°17'30"S Latitude, 161°15'30"E Longitude. An intermontane snowfield 5 km sq, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The snowfield is bounded to the south by Forsyth Peak, to the west by Victoria Upper Névé, to the north by Mount Leland, and to the east by Mount Isaac. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Kuivinen Ridge |
77°14'15"S Latitude, 161°45'00"E Longitude. A transverse ridge extending south-west north-east across Saint Johns Range between an unnamed glacier and the Ringer Glacier, Victoria Land. The ridge is 8 km long and rises to 1750 m at Lanyon Peak. Topographic Maps: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000), and ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier, (1:250,000). |
Kreutz Snowfield |
77°17'30"S Latitude, 161°15'30"E Longitude. An intermontane snowfield 5 km sq, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The snowfield is bounded to the south by Forsyth Peak, to the west by Victoria Upper Névé, to the north by Mount Leland, and to the east by Mount Isaac. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
LaBelle Valley |
77°19'40"S Latitude, 161°15'40"E Longitude. A valley 1.5 km long between Peterson Terrace and Price Terrace, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The valley opens south to Barwick Valley. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Lake Karentz |
77°15'48"S Latitude, 161°48'30"E Longitude. An ice-covered lake, 2 km long, lying west of Mount Swinford and Ringer Glacier, Ringer Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The lake receives melt from short glaciers on the headwall of Ringer Valley and from slopes in the Mount Swinford area. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Lazzara Ledge |
77°22'35"S Latitude, 160°46'30"E Longitude. A flat-topped ridge rising to 1900 m north-east of Mount Dragovan in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The ledge comprises the central part of the divide between Haselton Glacier and Wreath Valley. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Loewenstein Peak |
77°18'20"S Latitude, 161°08'30"E Longitude. An ice-free peak, 1539 m, located 3 km north-east of Vashka Crag, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. It stands at the western end of a line of peaks that mark the divide in eastern Cruzen Range. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Metcalf Spur |
77°24'45"S Latitude, 160°24'20"E Longitude. A rock spur, 2.5 km long, which extends from Shapeless Mountain north-west to Pākira Nunatak on the plateau of Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Molnia Bluff |
77°16'09"S Latitude, 160°57'30"E Longitude. A steep bluff rising to 1750 m and extending west-east for 1.5 km at the south-east end of Parker Mesa, Clare Range, Victoria Land. The elevation drops to 1350 m at the foot of the bluff. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Morse Spur |
77°19'30"S Latitude, 161°48'35"E Longitude. A spur projecting south from Saint Johns Range between Deshler Valley and Crawford Valley, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Mount Dragovan |
77°22'58"S Latitude, 160°42'37"E Longitude. The highest summit in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land, rising to 2360 m west of Wreath Valley in the west part of the group. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Mount Majerus |
77°16'16"S Latitude, 161°39'15"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1635 m at the southern end of Kuivinen Ridge, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The peak is 2 km south-west of Lanyon Peak. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Mount Novak |
77°17'02"S Latitude, 161°17'10"E Longitude. An elongated mountain, c. 1400 m, 1 km south of Mount Leland, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Ormerod Terrace |
77°18'35"S Latitude, 160°33'45"E Longitude. A ramplike rock platform, 3 km long, that parallels the south flank of McSaveney Spur, Willett Range, and declines moderately toward the Webb Glacier. The terrace has a median elevation of 1600 m and rises 300 m above Caffin Valley. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Papitashvili Valley |
77°22'49"S Latitude, 161°00'00"E Longitude. A hanging valley between Wendler Spur and Besson Spur in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. The valley opens north to Barwick Valley opposite Hourglass Lake and is ice free but for a glacier at the headwall. Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Peterson Terrace |
77°19'40"S Latitude, 161°11'30"E Longitude. A gently inclined, mostly ice-free area c. 2.5 km sq between Gaisser Valley and LaBelle Valley, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250 m; 750 m above Barwick Valley and Lake Vashka, close at south. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Price Terrace |
77°19'40"S Latitude, 161°18'00"E Longitude. A relatively level ice-free area c. 1.5 km sq between LaBelle Valley and Berkey Valley, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. The terrace rises to 1250 m, about 750 m above Barwick Valley close at south. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Ringer Valley |
77°15'00"S Latitude, 161°51'00"E Longitude. A hanging valley between Kuivinen Ridge and Stone Ridge, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. The lower and middle portion of the valley is occupied by Ringer Glacier, which flows north to Miller Glacier; the upper (south) portion is mostly ice free. Topographic Maps: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000), ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier, and ST 57-60/6 Ross Island (1:250,000). |
Salyer Ledge |
77°17'12"S Latitude, 160°49'35"E Longitude. A bold flat-topped ridge (1300 m) at the western end of The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Shulman Peak |
77°18'33"S Latitude, 161°22'30"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1400 m, 1 km south-west of Sponsors Peak, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Spain Peak |
77°17'54"S Latitude, 161°41'40"E Longitude. A peak rising to 1450 m on the west side of Deshler Valley, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000). |
Stone Ridge |
77°16'00"S Latitude, 161°52'45"E Longitude. A ridge surmounted by Mount Swinford, 1550 m, extending south-west north-east between Ringer Glacier and Dahe Glacier, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Maps: Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000), ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier, and ST 57-60/6 Ross Island (1:250,000). |
Tilav Cirque |
77°19'10'S Latitude, 160°57'30"E Longitude. A cirque on the north-west side of McLean Buttress in The Fortress, Cruzen Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Victoria Upper Névé |
77°16'00"S Latitude, 161°05'00"E Longitude. A névé with an area of c. 25 square km at the head of Victoria Upper Glacier, Victoria Land. The névé lies between Clare Range and Cruzen Range eastward of The Fortress. Topographic Maps: Webb Lake, Victoria Upper Lake (1:50,000), and ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier (1:250,000). |
Webb Cirque |
77°15'00"S Latitude, 160°45'00"E Longitude. A prominent cirque at the head of Webb Glacier, Victoria Land. The cirque is bounded by Vishniac Peak, Skew Peak, and Parker Mesa and is occupied by the névé of the Webb Glacier. Topographic Map: ST 57-60/5 Taylor Glacier (1:250,000). |
Welch Crag |
77°17'08"S Latitude, 160°36'37"E Longitude. A steep rugged peak, which is marked by secondary spires rising to 1500 m in the north-east part of McSaveney Spur, Willett Range, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Wendler Spur |
77°22'30"S Latitude, 160°58'30"E Longitude. A rock spur that descends north between Albert Valley and Papitashvili Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Wise Ridge |
77°16'09"S Latitude, 162°00'00"E Longitude. A sharp-crested ridge, 6 km long, extending south-west north-east between Dahe Glacier and Willis Glacier, Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Peaks on the ridge rise 1200-1525 m above sea level. Topographic Maps: Victoria Upper Lake, Lake Brownworth (1:50,000), and ST 57-60/6 Ross Island (1:250,000). |
Wreath Valley |
77°22'32"S Latitude, 160°49'30"E Longitude. An ice-free valley between Lazzara Ledge and Conway Peak in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land. It is the western-most in a group of four aligned hanging valleys. Topographic Map: Webb Lake (1:50,000). |
Schedule 3
Other United States of American Names for the Ross Sea Region
Bordogna Plateau |
83°18'S Latitude, 165°19'E Longitude. A high triangular plateau in south Holland Range, Shackleton Coast, approximately 70 square km in extent and varying from 3000 to 4000 m in elevation. The plateau is bordered by steep cliffs, and by Mount Lloyd on the north and Clarkson Peak and Mount Miller on the south. The abrupt southern cliffs rise 1200 m above the Bowden Névé. Topographic Maps: SU 56-60/14 Mount Rabot, and SU 56-60/15 Mount Elizabeth (1:250,000). |
Castellini Bluff |
78°09'S Latitude, 167°10'E Longitude. A rock bluff rising to c. 500 m between Dibble Bluff and Mount Nesos in western White Island, Ross Archipelago. USGS Satellite Image Map: Mount Discovery (1:100,000). |
Costa Spur |
73°08'S Latitude, 169°10'E Longitude. A prominent spur 6 km south-west of Quetin Head, Daniell Peninsula, Borchgrevink Coast. The spur descends eastward to Ross Sea and marks the southern extent of Mandible Cirque. Topographic Map: SS 58-60/6 Coulman Island (1:250,000). |
Davis Bluff |
78°09'S Latitude, 167°35'E Longitude. A rock bluff rising to 400 m, 4 km north-east of Isolation Point in eastern White Island, Ross Archipelago. USGS Satellite Image Map: Mount Discovery (1:100,000). |
Kennicutt Point |
74°30'S Latitude, 165°29'E Longitude. The south entrance point of Wood Bay, Borchgrevink Coast. The point is 17 km north of Cape Washington. Topographic Map: SS 58-60/9 Mount Melbourne (1:250,000). |
Mount Arnaudo |
84°04'S Latitude, 172°40'E Longitude. A mound-shaped ice-covered mountain 4 km south of Mount Cyril in the northern part of Commonwealth Range. The feature rises to 1500 m between the eastern margin of lower Beardmore Glacier and the Hood Glacier. Topographic Map: SV 51-60/4 The Cloudmaker (1:250,000). |
Ponganis Icefall |
73°32'S Latitude, 169°51'E Longitude. An icefall 1000 m high and 2 km wide on the east side of Coulman Island, Ross Sea. The icefall descends from Hawkes Heights caldera to the sea at Cape Main. Topographic Map: SS 58-60/6 Coulman Island (1:250,000). |
Quetin Head |
73°06'S Latitude, 169°26'E Longitude. A rock headland 6 km south-west of Cape Phillips, Daniell Peninsula, Borchgrevink Coast. The headland rises to 900 m and marks the eastern extent of Mandible Cirque. Topographic Map: SS 58-60/6 Coulman Island (1:250,000). |
Seelig Peak |
82°26'S Latitude, 163°58'E Longitude. An ice free peak, 1346m, the highest in the Campbell Hills, Nimrod Glacier, located 5 km north-west of Mount Christchurch. Topographic Map: SU 56-60/10 Nimrod Glacier (1:250,000). |
Terrie Bluff |
77°31'36"S, 169°05'15"E. A rock bluff rising to 1000 m, 3 km south south-east of Ainley Peak, Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The steep rock bluff face marks the eastern end of a mound-shaped and mostly ice-covered elevation, 1 km north-west of Detrick Peak. USGS Satellite Image Map: Cape Crozier (1:25,000). |
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of October 2005.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.

