Valid Antarctic Names W-X-Y-Z

29 May 2009

Pursuant to section 35(3) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 (“the Act”), notice is hereby given of the following 1193 names that have been assigned to, or altered for, areas in Antarctica (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Act) that have been validated in terms of section 35(2) of the Act, but which have not previously been gazetted. These Antarctic names are deemed official geographic names and are valid as if they had been assigned or altered in accordance with the Act.

Schedule W-X-Y-Z

Valid Antarctic Name	Geographic Feature Type	Latitude	Longitude
Wagner Spur	Spur	70° 09’ 00” S	159° 35’ 00” E
Wahl Glacier	Glacier	83° 59’ 00” S	165° 06’ 00” E
Walker Ridge	Ridge	72° 34’ 00” S	168° 22’ 00” E
Wallace Mount	Mountain	85° 39’ 00” S	151° 24’ 00” W
Walsh Spur	Spur	72° 40’ 00” S	169° 22’ 00” E
Mount Walshe	Mountain	86° 11’ 00” S	152° 15’ 00” W
Mount Walton	Mountain	72° 29’ 00” S	160° 18’ 00” E
Waring Bluff	Bluff	73° 01’ 00” S	161° 05’ 00” E
Warren Peak	Peak	76° 41’ 00” S	159° 52’ 00” E
Warren Range	Range	78° 28’ 00” S	158° 14’ 00” E
Wasson Rock	Rock	73° 50’ 00” S	161° 45’ 00” E
Waterhouse Spur	Spur	86° 37’ 00” S	147° 25’ 00” W
Watt Ridge	Ridge	84° 45’ 00” S	173° 47’ 00” W
Mount Watters	Mountain	76° 44’ 00” S	159° 38’ 00” E
Waugh Peak	Peak	86° 04’ 00” S	160° 36’ 00” W
Webb Icefall	Icefall	77° 16’ 00” S	160° 29’ 00” E
Webb Lake	Lake	77° 20’ 00” S	160° 52’ 00” E
Mount Webb	Mountain	71° 11’ 00” S	163° 00’ 00” E
Webb Neve	Neve	72° 42’ 00” S	166° 18’ 00” E
Webb Peak	Peak	77° 39’ 00” S	162° 23’ 00” E
Wegert Bluff	Bluff	69° 42’ 00” S	159° 20’ 00” E
Weir Icefall	Icefall	78° 02’ 00” S	161° 39’ 00” E
Wellman Cliffs	Cliffs	82° 27’ 00” S	156° 10’ 00” E
Wellman Valley	Valley	79° 55’ 00” S	156° 40’ 00” E
Mount Wells	Mountain	85° 10’ 00” S	169° 48’ 00” W
Mount Wendland	Mountain	84° 42’ 00” S	175° 18’ 00” W
Whewell Glacier	Glacier	72° 04’ 00” S	169° 47’ 00” E
Whitcomb Ridge	Ridge	73° 07’ 00” S	166° 00’ 00” E
White Spur	Spur	71° 19’ 00” S	160° 16’ 00” E
Whitney Glacier	Glacier	85° 39’ 00” S	160° 00’ 00” W
Wiest Bluff	Bluff	85° 22’ 00” S	176° 22’ 00” W
Wikitoria Bank	Bank	77° 00’ 00” S	163° 50’ 00” E
Mount Wilbanks	Mountain	75° 00’ 00” S	112° 53’ 00” W
Wilds Nunatak	Nunatak	73° 01’ 00” S	160° 13’ 00” E
Wilhelm Glacier	Glacier	72° 46’ 00” S	166° 37’ 00” E
Wilhoite Nunataks	Nunataks	81° 40’ 00” S	154° 58’ 00” E
Willey Point	Point	84° 37’ 00” S	165° 45’ 00” E
Williams Bluff	Bluff	70° 43’ 00” S	160° 12’ 00” E
Mount Willis	Mountain	79° 22’ 00” S	159° 27’ 00” E
Wilson Hills	Hills	69° 40’ 00” S	158° 30’ 00” E
Lake Wilson	Lake	79° 49’ 00” S	159° 33’ 00” E
Windwhistle Peak	Peak	76° 43’ 00” S	159° 46’ 00” E
Wise Peak	Peak	78° 35’ 00” S	158° 18’ 00” E
Wishbone Ridge	Ridge	84° 56’ 00” S	166° 56’ 00” W
Witalis Peak	Peak	85° 33’ 00” S	160° 18’ 00” W
Womochel Peaks	Peaks	72° 40’ 00” S	161° 04’ 00” E
Worsley Ice Falls	Icefalls	82° 51’ 00” S	156° 20’ 00” E
Worthley Peak	Peak	82° 43’ 00” S	164° 46’ 00” E
Wright Hill	Hill	79° 42’ 00” S	158° 46’ 00” E
Wright Island	Island	74° 02’ 00” S	116° 50’ 00” W
Wu Nunatak	Nunatak	72° 29’ 00” S	161° 08’ 00” E
Wunneburger Rock	Rock	74° 42’ 00” S	113° 10’ 00” W
Wyckoff Glacier	Glacier	84° 11’ 00” S	164° 40’ 00” E
Wylde Glacier	Glacier	73° 32’ 00” S	166° 42’ 00” E
Wylie Ridge	Ridge	71° 51’ 00” S	168° 27’ 00” E
Mount Wyman	Mountain	83° 54’ 00” S	158° 57’ 00” E
Mount Wyss	Mountain	82° 47’ 00” S	162° 42’ 00” E
Yale Tarn	Tarn	77° 34’ 00” S	163° 09’ 00” E
Yancey Glacier	Glacier	80° 14’ 00” S	158° 32’ 00” E
Young Head	Head	81° 29’ 00” S	161° 24’ 00” E
Zaneveld Glacier	Glacier	85° 26’ 00” S	176° 25’ 00” W
Zeller Glacier	Glacier	80° 55’ 00” S	156° 30’ 00” E
Zenith Glacier	Glacier	71° 52’ 00” S	163° 45’ 00” E
Mount Zinkovich	Mountain	81° 08’ 00” S	158° 14’ 00” E
Zotikov Glacier	Glacier	85° 02’ 00” S	169° 15’ 00” W

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 2009.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.