- Source: Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee
The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committee also issues nominations Governor General for the award of the Australian Antarctic Medal.
Committee members were appointed by the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Antarctic matters. The committee was founded in 1952 as the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, and changed to the current name in 1982 to reflect the multiple functions that the committee is responsible for. The committee was replaced by the Australian Antarctic Division Place names Committee in 2015.
Features named by the committee
Burch Peaks, named after W.M. Burch, geophysicist
Fyfe Hills, named after W.V. Fyfe, Surveyor General of Western Australia
Goldsworthy Ridge, named after R.W. Goldsworthy, survey field assistant
Gowlett Peaks, named afterAlan Gowlett, engineer
Haigh Nunatak, named after John Haigh, geophysicist
McNair Nunatak, named after Richard McNair, cook
Mount Cordwell, named after T.S. Cordwell, radio officer
Mount Smethurst, named after N.R. Smethurst, officer-in-charge at Wilkes Station
Mount Stadler, named after S. Stadler, weather observer
Mount Torckler, named after R.M. Torckler, radio officer
Onley Hill, named after L. Onley, weather observer
Trost Rocks, named after P.A. Trost, electronics engineer
Mitchell Nunatak, named after R. Mitchell, a senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1969
Kenneth Ridge, named after Kenneth A. Smith, a radio officer at Mawson Station in 1969, and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in the same year
New Year Nunatak
Publication
See also
Australian Antarctic Division
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee
External links
AAD website
This article incorporates public domain material from "Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.