Notice of Final Determinations to Alter and Assign Official Antarctic Geographic Names
Pursuant to sections 10(1), 25 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“Board”) hereby gives notice of altering and assigning Antarctic geographic names as described in the Schedule below.
The Board’s final determinations on these official Antarctic geographic names took effect on 31 January 2019.
|
Official Altered or Assigned Antarctic Geographic Name |
Geographic Feature Type |
Description |
Coordinates (latitude, longitude) |
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Conway Subglacial Lake |
Subglacial Lake |
A subglacial lake approximately 252km², within Whillans Ice Stream, named in association with the adjacent Conway Ice Ridge, at Gould Coast. Assigned as official. |
-84.39333 |
-148.60083 |
|
Engelhardt Subglacial Lake |
Subglacial Lake |
A subglacial lake approximately 339km², within Whillans Ice Stream, named in association with the adjacent Engelhardt Ice Ridge, at Gould Coast. Assigned as official. |
-83.71889 |
-157.49694 |
|
Matataua Glacier |
Glacier |
A glacier approximately 13.5km long that drains from Rampart Ridge between Bishop Peak and Mount Potter. Flows northwest to the vicinity of Mount Bockheim, into Blankenship Glacier in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Altered from Marchant Glacier. Official Name by New Zealand Gazette, 22 June 2017, Notice No. 2017-ln3098. |
-78.1 |
162.05 |
|
Mercer Subglacial Lake |
Subglacial Lake |
A subglacial lake approximately 136km², within and named in association with Mercer Ice Stream, which flows between Conway Ice Ridge and Mercer Ice Ridge, at Gould Coast. Assigned as official. |
-84.65417 |
-149.49667 |
|
Whillans Subglacial Lake |
Subglacial Lake |
A subglacial lake approximately 59km² within and named in association with Whillans Ice Stream, at Gould Coast. Assigned as official. |
-84.23806 |
-153.48778 |
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of January 2019.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.