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  • The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission...
    8 KB (775 words) - 07:46, 21 July 2024
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    named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE: 1958-59) after their Alma Mater Victoria University of Wellington which sponsored...
    9 KB (1,319 words) - 14:37, 8 August 2024
  • Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m (6,600 ft) just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic...
    8 KB (1,317 words) - 13:40, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australasian Antarctic Expedition
    Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia...
    60 KB (7,916 words) - 22:08, 15 August 2024
  • Foggydog Glacier (category Glaciers of Oates Land)
    Mount Rich in the Brown Hills of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962–63) and so named because...
    2 KB (151 words) - 21:04, 24 November 2022
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    Beacon Valley (category Valleys of Victoria Land)
    Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic...
    4 KB (218 words) - 16:25, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Japanese Antarctic Expedition
    The Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910–12, in the ship Kainan Maru, was the first such expedition by a non-European nation. It was concurrent with...
    43 KB (5,655 words) - 03:11, 27 April 2024
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    Labyrinth (Antarctica) (category Landforms of Victoria Land)
    the west end of Wright Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59)...
    8 KB (1,326 words) - 22:44, 15 July 2024
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    Zealand (Wellington and Dunedin). Byrd used New Zealand as his departure point for several of his Antarctic expeditions. The 50th anniversary of Byrd's...
    79 KB (8,583 words) - 11:43, 7 September 2024
  • Sydney. In 1970-1971, Ritchie was a member of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition. The Skelton Neve area was known to have fossils...
    5 KB (538 words) - 19:51, 3 December 2023
  • Pleasant Plateau (category Plateaus of Oates Land)
    close west of Blank Peaks and Foggydog Glacier in the Brown Hills. Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962–63...
    524 bytes (91 words) - 19:26, 19 September 2021
  • Insel Range (category Mountain ranges of Victoria Land)
    Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE, 1958–59) because of the resemblance...
    5 KB (781 words) - 16:43, 9 July 2024
  • Mount Rich (category Mountains of Oates Land)
    of Diamond Hill. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63) for Charles C. Rich, United States Antarctic Research...
    595 bytes (88 words) - 05:07, 5 January 2023
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    Wright Upper Glacier (category Lists of coordinates)
    the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) for C. S. Wright, a member of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), after...
    6 KB (864 words) - 16:00, 28 July 2024
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    Hidden Valley (Antarctica) (category Lists of coordinates)
    Zealand Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) 1960-61 who applied the name. Hidden Valley is in the Denton Hills. It is one of the...
    4 KB (476 words) - 12:49, 26 February 2024
  • Relief Pass (category Mountain passes of Antarctica)
    nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962–63, and...
    563 bytes (89 words) - 16:02, 26 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
    involvement in Antarctic research. Another important precursor to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration was the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892–93 in...
    63 KB (4,294 words) - 14:56, 23 August 2024
  • Erewhon Basin (category Structural basins of Antarctica)
    snouts of Foggydog Glacier and Bartrum Glacier from the northern edge of the Darwin Glacier. It was explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic...
    793 bytes (111 words) - 09:02, 10 April 2021
  • Palisade Valley (category Valleys of Oates Land)
    of Pleasant Plateau and 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Explored by Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic...
    627 bytes (113 words) - 19:26, 19 September 2021
  • Bowling Green Plateau (category Bowling Green State University)
    north side of the Brown Hills in the Cook Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63);...
    777 bytes (106 words) - 07:02, 3 February 2024
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