Notice Type
Land Notices
Notice Title

Notice of Final Decision to Assign a Place Name in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica

Notice is hereby given of the final decision of the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to assign the name stated in the first column of the Schedule below, to the place described in the second column of the said Schedule, and that such decision took effect on 15 November 2005.
Schedule
Fenwick Ice Piedmont 71°45'S Latitude, 170°45'E Longitude. An ice piedmont formed from the glaciers draining from the eastern side of Cape Adare Peninsula, located south of the Downshire Cliffs and north of Cape McCormick, from an elevation of approximately 400m sloping gently seaward and terminating at ice cliffs along the coastline, being up to 10km long and up to 4km wide, and covering an area of approximately 20 square kilometres. Topographic Map: Cape Adare (1:250,000).
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of December 2005.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.