The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

. The

expeditions Expedition may refer to: * An exploration, journey, or voyage undertaken by a group of people especially for discovery and scientific research Places * Expedition Island, a park in Green River, Wyoming, US * Expedition Range, a mountain range ...

were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

Features named by the expeditions

1957–1958 expedition

The 1957–1958 expedition went to the

Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a circular sector, sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160th meridian east, 160° east to 150th meridian west, 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60th para ...

and named the

Borchgrevink Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It drains south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projects into Glacier Strait (Antarctica), Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floa ...

. Other features named include: * Carter Ridge * Felsite Island * Halfway Nunatak * Hedgehog Island * Moraine Ridge

1958–1959 expedition

Cadwalader Beach Cadwalader Beach () is a beach nearly long at the south end of Beaufort Island, in the Ross Archipelago in McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. The beach is occupied by a large Adélie penguin rookery and there is easy access from the sea when the coas ...

* Cape Hodgson * Carter Ridge * Isolation Point * Mountaineer Range *

Mount Aurora Black Island () is an island in the Ross Archipelago. It is long and projects through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of . It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (''Discovery'' Expedition, 1901–04), which named it for it ...

Mount Hayward White Island () is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica. It is long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and so named by ...

* Mount Henderson (White Island) *

Mount Bird Mount Bird () is a high shield volcano standing about south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them a ...

1960–1961 expedition

Deverall Island Deverall Island () is a small ice-covered island, rising above the Ross Ice Shelf just northeast of Beaumont Bay. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) for William H. Deverall, a radio operator at Scott ...

* Lonewolf Nunataks

1961–1962 expedition

* Aurora Heights *

The Boil The Reeves Glacier () is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Discovery and naming The Reeve ...

* Ford Spur * Graphite Peak *

Half Century Nunatak Roberts Massif () is a remarkable snow-free massif at the head of Shackleton Glacier. It rises to over and is about in area. Discovery and naming Roberts Massif was visited by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic ...

* Half Dome Nunatak *

Hump Passage Liv Glacier () is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. It was discove ...

* Last Cache Nunatak * Lookout Dome * Montgomerie Glacier * Mount Fyfe *

Mount Macdonald Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount M ...

* Snowshoe Pass * Turret Nunatak

1962–1963 expedition

* Browning Pass (remapped and named; first mapped by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 The ''Terra Nova'' Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objec ...

) * Crash Nunatak

1963–1964 expedition

* Austin Peak * Banded Peak * Bravo Hills * Garden Spur * Leap Year Glacier * Lonely One Nunatak *

Mount Fairweather Mount Fairweather (or ''Tsalxaan'' in the Tlingit language) is a mountain located east of the Pacific Ocean on the Canada–United States border. With an elevation of , it is the tallest mountain in British Columbia and the seventh-tallest mou ...

* Mount Gawn * Outrider Nunatak *

Sledgers Glacier Rennick Glacier () is a broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier r ...

* The Tusk

1964–1965 expedition

* Moody Nunatak *

Mount Gregory Cotton Plateau () is a snow-covered plateau just east of the mouth of Marsh Glacier, in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Name Cotton Plateau was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) ...

Mount Hayter Mount Hayter is a peak in Antarctica, high, standing southeast of Laird Plateau on the west side of Olson Neve. It was seen by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964–65) and named for Adrian Hayter, leader at Scott Bas ...

* Turbidite Hill