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22-831: The Wallabies Nunataks are 10 nautical miles (18 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Névé . They border the Chapman Snowfield to the west. They were named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the Australian national rugby team. Download coordinates as: 81°22′S 156°21′E  /  81.367°S 156.350°E  / -81.367; 156.350 . A glacier flowing north west between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wallabies Nunataks. It

44-776: A key role for all travelers to the ice with New Zealand's program, handling cargo and passenger movements. 81°39′S 154°55′E  /  81.650°S 154.917°E  / -81.650; 154.917 . Group of dark rock nunataks near the polar plateau, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of All-Blacks Nunataks. Named by US-ACAN after the USS Wilhoite, radar picket escort vessel which maintained an ocean station in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and Antarctica in USN OpDFrz 1961. 81°12′S 156°20′E  /  81.200°S 156.333°E  / -81.200; 156.333 . A large group of nunataks near

66-471: A member of the 1962 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project. 81°10′S 156°14′E  /  81.167°S 156.233°E  / -81.167; 156.233 . A mountain 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) high in the Wallabies Nunataks. It was named in honor of R. R. Exley, a member of the 1962 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on

88-601: Is a group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé in Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) after the well-known New Zealand national rugby union team . The All-Blacks Nunataks are to the southeast of the Byrd Névé and the Lonewolf Nunataks. The All-Blacks Nunataks and

110-477: Is an ongoing project which will take several years to complete. An area of 74 ha is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.106 because it contains habitats with a rich and diverse range of plant communities that are the most extensive and representative examples known at the northern end of the latitudinal gradient of Victoria Land and

132-401: The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) because of their isolation. 81°49′S 156°55′E  /  81.817°S 156.917°E  / -81.817; 156.917 . A small ice-covered eminence near the polar plateau, 10 miles (16 km) north of Laird Plateau . Its flat summit merges with the ice sheet to the north and west, but there is a steep cliff along

154-611: The Wallabies Nunataks bind the Chapman Snowfield , which lies further to the east. The Bledisloe Glacier flows to the Byrd Névé between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wallabies Nunataks, and the Skellerup Glacier flows to the Byrd Névé between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks. Download coordinates as: 1,978-metre (6,490 ft). A cone-shaped feature in the All-Blacks Nunataks. It

176-571: The All-Blacks Nunataks. It was named in honor of Chris Mace , Chair of the Antarctica New Zealand Board from its establishment in 1996 until April 2003. 81°25′S 155°42′E  /  81.417°S 155.700°E  / -81.417; 155.700 . A mountain rising above 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), at the north west extreme of the All-Blacks Nunataks. Named in honor of Emma Waterhouse, Environmental Manager with Antarctica New Zealand from 1993 - 2001. First trip to

198-523: The Ross Sea. Surveys have recorded 18 species of lichens and five species of mosses , dominated by Bryum subrotundifolium . Animals found at the site include, as well as four species of mites and three of springtails , breeding colonies of south polar skuas and Adélie penguins . A large Adélie penguin colony occupies Seabee Hook , on the west side of Hallett Peninsula between Moubray Bay and Edisto Inlet . The history of human impact on

220-754: The Wilhoite Nunataks and 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the Churchill Mountains. The peak is approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of McMurdo Station , and 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the Ross Ice Shelf . The Fraser Nunatak was named in honor of Graham Fraser, who has had some 45 years of Antarctic experience and led geomagnetic pulsation research over 11 seasons from 1989 onwards. 81°52′S 154°35′E  /  81.867°S 154.583°E  / -81.867; 154.583 Small cluster of rock nunataks near

242-575: The crash. The cape was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station, between the United States and New Zealand during the International Geophysical Year of 1957, and was manned permanently until 1964, when there was a major fire. It was then used as a summer only base until 1973. The site is currently being remediated by removing hazardous materials: fuel, and oil stored in several large tanks. This

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264-550: The geomagnetic project. 81°7′S 156°34′E  /  81.117°S 156.567°E  / -81.117; 156.567 . A nunatak rising to approximately 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) at the northern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks. It was named in honor of E. N. Green, a member of the 1964 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project. All-Blacks Nunataks All-Blacks Nunataks ( 81°29′S 155°45′E  /  81.483°S 155.750°E  / -81.483; 155.750 )

286-612: The ice 1987. Emma played a key role in the development of New Zealand systems to implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and its Act. 81°29′S 155°59′E  /  81.483°S 155.983°E  / -81.483; 155.983 . A a crest rising to 2,040 metres (6,690 ft), in the All-Blacks Nunataks. Named in honor of Paul Woodgate MNZM, Antarctica New Zealand employee from 1981–present, currently Movements Controller. Paul plays

308-491: The north. In 1956, during Operation Deep Freeze II, USS  Arneb was damaged by an ice floe at Cape Hallett. On 16 October 1958, a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (52-1017) of the USAF crashed into a 3200-foot mountain near Cape Hallett Bay while maneuvering, killing 7 of the 13 occupants. The Globemaster was on an airdrop flight from Christchurch to McMurdo Station and other navigational errors had occurred prior to

330-503: The polar plateau, 12 miles (19 km) south of Wilhoite Nunataks. Named by US-ACAN after the USNS Mizar, cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sound in USN OpDFrz, 1962. 81°20′S 152°50′E  /  81.333°S 152.833°E  / -81.333; 152.833 A group of isolated nunataks lying 25 nautical miles (46 km) northwest of the Wilhoite Nunataks, at the south side of Byrd Névé . They were so named by

352-548: The polar plateau, lying 10 miles (16 km) northeast of All-Blacks Nunataks at the east side of the Byrd Névé. Named by the NZGSAE (1960-61) for the well known Australian rugby team. 81°47′S 155°55′E  /  81.783°S 155.917°E  / -81.783; 155.917 . A nunatak in Oates Land , Antarctica rising to 2,070 metres (6,800 ft). It lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south east of

374-579: The south side. Named by US-ACAN for the USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and McMurdo Sound during USN OpDFrz 1962. Cape Hallett Cape Hallett is a snow-free area ( Antarctic oasis ) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land , East Antarctica . Cape Adare lies 100 km (62 mi) to

396-401: The southern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks. It was named in honor of N. E. Stent, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project. 81°13′S 156°20′E  /  81.217°S 156.333°E  / -81.217; 156.333 . A peak above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) in the Wallabies Nunataks. Named in honor of M. G. Woodgyer,

418-635: Was named in association with the adjacent All-Blacks and Wallabies Nunataks, and specifically named after the Bledisloe Cup , which is contested between the New Zealand and Australian rugby union teams, the All-Blacks and the Wallabies . 81°15′S 156°20′E  /  81.250°S 156.333°E  / -81.250; 156.333 . A 2,010 metres (6,590 ft) high mountain at

440-567: Was named in honor of Dave Geddes, who was involved in operational work for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Antarctic Division and the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme from 1986 to 1995. 81°28′S 155°36′E  /  81.467°S 155.600°E  / -81.467; 155.600 . A bluff reaching to over 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) in the All-Blacks Nunataks. It

462-471: Was named in honor of John Alexander, involved in operational work at Cape Hallett , Scott Base and the Cape Roberts Project for many years, from 1984 onwards. 81°32′S 155°47′E  /  81.533°S 155.783°E  / -81.533; 155.783 . A crag immediately south of the All-Blacks Nunataks, 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Rutland Nunatak , in Antarctica. It

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484-523: Was named in honor of Malcolm MacFarlane, who worked at Vanda Station , Scott Base and in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Antarctic Division, the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme and for Antarctica New Zealand between 1983 and 1996. 81°25′S 155°53′E  /  81.417°S 155.883°E  / -81.417; 155.883 . A mountain at 1,960 metres (6,430 ft), in

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