Pursuant to sections 10(1)(a), 21(2) and 25 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ("Board") hereby gives notice of assigning six official Antarctic geographic names.
The official Antarctic geographic names are specified in the first column of the Schedule below.
The geographic feature types that they relate to are set out in the second column of the Schedule.
The descriptions for the names are set out in the third column of the Schedule.
The Board's final determinations on these official Antarctic geographic names took effect on 7 May 2014.
Schedule
First Column Second Column Third Column
Official Geographic Name Geographic Feature Type Description
Argo Gully Gully A prominent valley, between Mount Jason and Goldich Crest on the southern slopes of the Olympus Range just north of the eastern end of Lake Vanda. The valley trends northwest-southeast from the upper slopes of Mount Jason over a distance of 3km to the
north-eastern shore of Lake Vanda. 77ø31'06?S, 161ø38'46?E (mouth of the gully at elevation 163m). NZ Ant50 ME08 Lake Vanda, and USGS ST57-60/5 Taylor Glacier. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used.
Blood Falls Falls An bright orange-red, saline, iron-rich area of discharge that is subglacial in origin that emerges at the snout of Taylor Glacier at the western end of Lake Bonney, elevation 246m. 77ø43'19?S,
162ø16'17?E. NZ Ant50 MF09 Lake Bonney, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used.
Boulder Pavement Flat A flat area of boulders approximately 500m wide and 500m long, where the Onyx River fans out and flows slowly westward into Lake Vanda, at elevation 150m. 77ø31'23?S, 161ø45'20?E. NZ Ant50 ME08 Lake Vanda, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used. Replaces Onyx Wetland, also a locally used name.
Packard Stream Stream A meltwater stream flowing south from Packard Glacier into Kite Stream, 4-5km northeast of Lake Vida. 77ø22'29?S, 162ø12'27?E (mouth of the stream at elevation 428m). NZ Ant50 ME09 Lake Brownworth, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used.
Santa Fe Stream Stream A meltwater stream flowing east along the true left margin of the lower portion of Taylor Glacier into the western end of Lake Bonney, approximately 17km east of Ferrar Glacier. 77ø43'17?S, 162ø14'41?E (mouth of the stream at elevation 116m). NZ Ant50 MF09 Lake Bonney, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used.
Victoria Dunes Dunes A clearly defined and continuous tract of sand dunes trending
east-west for approximately 8km from the northern shores of Lake Vida towards Lower Victoria Glacier, at elevation 395m. 77ø22'30?S, 162ø08'37?E. NZ Ant50 MF09 Lake Bonney, ME09 Lake Brownworth, and USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island. New name for a feature not formally named, but locally used.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of June 2014.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.