Map of selected Antarctic places named after New Zealanders

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Antarctic places named after New Zealanders responsible for significant Antarctic firsts

The Antarctic places featured on this map named after New Zealanders (blue flags, from north to south):

Further information

New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names see Antarctic (LINZ)
Antarctic Gazetteer from the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and lists of other less formal names (Australian Antarctic Data Centre).
Atlas of Antarctic Research (US Antarctic Research)

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'Map of selected Antarctic places named after New Zealanders ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/interactive/antartica-placenames-map, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 24-Sep-2014

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12 August 1816

New Zealand’s first school opens
25 December 1894

First ascent of Mt Cook
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Intelligence tests arrive in New Zealand schools
11 November 1978

Andy Haden dives to save rugby test
9 March 1890

Sutherland Falls climbed
1 December 1898

First movie shot in NZ
25 August 1920

First flight across Cook Strait
16 August 2008

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Beatrice Faumuina wins athletics world championship gold
12 August 1975

John Walker breaks world mile record
2 September 1979

Ivan Mauger wins a record sixth world speedway title in Katowice, Poland
2 September 1972

New Zealand’s rowing eight win gold in Munich
1 January 1859

NZ's first lighthouse, Pencarrow, lit for the first time
4 January 1958

Hillary leads NZ party to South Pole
18 December 1642

First contact between Māori and Europeans
4 December 1966

Radio Hauraki rules the waves
7 November 1970

Aoraki/Mt Cook face conquered by hippies
18 October 1924

First trans-global radio transmission to London
3 September 1958

First open-heart surgery in NZ
29 June 1990

World's first female diocesan Anglican bishop appointed
28 May 1920

Fingerprints help convict murderer
4 February 1975

First woman to swim Cook Strait
20 January 1957

Scott Base opened in Antarctica
30 September 1962

Government watchdog appointed
3 October 1888

NZ Natives team plays first game in UK
16 October 1936

Jean Batten conquers UK-NZ route
20 June 1987

All Blacks win the first World Cup
7 August 1908

First train runs length of main trunk line
16 September 1905

'Originals' kick off All Black tradition
23 September 1887

Tongariro mountains gifted to Crown
29 September 1862

NZ's first professional opera performance
10 February 1967

End of free school milk
1 December 1933

First flight from North Cape to Bluff
15 February 1978

New Zealand beats England in a cricket test for the first time
28 October 1890

First Labour Day celebrations
25 December 1814

NZ's first Christian service?
13 March 1956

NZ's first test cricket victory
22 March 1994

Kiwis win Oscars for 'The piano'
13 September 1933

NZ's first woman MP elected