Pursuant to sections 10(1), 21(2) and 25 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 assigning a new Antarctic geographic name. The official Antarctic geographic name is specified in the Schedule below.
The Board’s final determination on this official Antarctic geographic name took effect on 7 March 2016.
Schedule
Official Geographic Name | Geographic Feature Type | Description |
Mount Cawley | Mountain | The highest peak on Separation Range, 2295m high, where the range is intersected by Retrospect Spur. Located east of Beardmore Glacier, between Hood Glacier and Canyon Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains. Feature depicted on NZMS166 SV51-60/4 and USGS Reconnaissance SV51-60/4 1:250k topographic maps. 84°13’00”S latitude, 173°27’00”E longitude. New name for a feature not named. |
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 2016.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.