Mount Melania
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Mount Melania is a prominent rounded hill, 330 m, at the north end of Black Island
, in the Ross Archipelago
. It was first climbed by Ferrar and Bernacchi of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name is a Greek word connoting black, an appropriate name for a feature on Black Island. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1958-59.
Black Island (Ross Archipelago)
Black Island , in the Ross Archipelago, is immediately west of White Island. It was first named by the Discovery Expedition because of its lack of snow. The island's northernmost point is named Cape Hodgson, commemorating Thomas Vere Hodgson .The highest point is Mt. Aurora, a prinicple...
, in the Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago is a convenient name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound. The most northerly is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the Dellbridge Islands, and Black Island and White Island...
. It was first climbed by Ferrar and Bernacchi of the Discovery expedition, 1901-04. The name is a Greek word connoting black, an appropriate name for a feature on Black Island. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1958-59.