Pursuant to sections 10(1)(a), 25 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (the "Board") hereby gives notice of assigning official Antarctic geographic names.
The official geographic names are specified in the first column of the Schedule below ("the Schedule").
The geographic feature type that they relate to is set out in the second column of the Schedule.
The description for each name is set out in the third column of the Schedule.
The Board’s final determinations on these official Antarctic geographic names took effect on 26 April 2013.
Schedule
First Column Second Column Third Column
Official
Geographic
Name Geographic
Feature Type Description
Clissold Nunatak Nunatak 77°27'26?S Latitude, 166°54'23?E Longitude. A distinctive nunatak, 1790m, on
the north-western slopes and in close proximity to the summit of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. Topographic maps ANTTopo50-ME13 Cape Royds, and NZMS 166 ST58-61/5 McMurdo Sound, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not named.
Gerof Point Point 77°33'40?S Latitude, 166°12'58?E Longitude. A west facing distinctive coastal point at the southern end of Backdoor Bay and approximately 1km southeast of Cape Royds, Ross Island. Topographic maps ANTTopo50-ME13 Cape Royds, NZMS 166 ST58-61/5 McMurdo Sound, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not named.
Omelchenko Bluff Bluff 77°38'08?S Latitude, 166°45'33?E Longitude. A rock bluff rising above 600m, between Turks Head Ridge and Tech Crags and approximately 1km north-west of Grazyna Bluff at Cape Evans, Ross Island. Topographic maps ANTTopo50-MF13 Hut Point Peninsula, NZMS 166 ST58-61/5 McMurdo Sound, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not named.
Yamato Yukihara Historic Camp Site 80°05'S Latitude, 156°37'E Longitude. The historic camp site of the final destination of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12. Topographic map NZ Infomap 135 Ross Sea Regions. New name for an historic site not named.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of April 2013.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.