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Notice of the Final Determinations on Assigning 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”) gives notice of two Antarctic geographic feature names assigned as official as described in the Schedule below.

The Board’s final determinations on these Antarctic geographic feature names took effect on 27 May 2026.

Schedule

Official Assigned Antarctic Geographic Name

Geographic Feature Type

Coordinates (latitude, longitude)

Mount Levy

Mountain

-77.74673

161.51745

Mount Sheppard

Mountain

-83.29134

166.34832


Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May 2026.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.