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NGA PoU TAUNAHA O AOTEAROA

1 August,2007

ProfessorAllan C Ashworth,Ph.D. North Dakota StateUniversity Fargo,ND 58105-5517 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dear ProfessorAshworth,

I am writing to formally adviseyou of an official name,Ashworth , assignedto a glacier with sharplydelineated sides flowing west south-westfrom SupportersRange, into ,north-east of PlunketPoint. This glacierfalls within the RossSea Region of .The namingof this featurehonours your significantcontribution to science(palaeontology and stratigraphy)in Antarctica.

Pleasenote that, under a CabinetDirective of 1956,the New ZealandGeographic Board Nga PouTaunaha o Aotearoa(the Board) has the responsibilityfor assigningplace names in the RossSea Region of Antarctica. This placename is thereforerecorded in the Board'sAntarctic place names database. It will alsobe recorded in SCAR'sComposite Gazetteer of Antarcticnames (http://www3.pnra.it/LU0GHl_ANTiSCAR_GAZE).

It is my pleasureto provideyou with:

. a copyof the GazetteNotice publishedon 3l May 2007page 1514, making official - referhttp://www.linz.govt.nzlcore/placenames/placenamedecisions/20apr2007/index.htmland http://www.gazette.g0vt.nz/Pubforms.nsf/NZGZT/NZGazette5SMay0T.pdf/$file/NZGazette5SMay0T.pdf ; o a reportfrom the Board'sAntarctic Place Names database, listing Ashworth Glacier; . copiesof mapssliowing tlie locationof Ashworth Glacier; and o a coPYof a photoof Ashworth Glacier.

Pleasealso note that the Board'sFrameworks document is availablevia the internetand is linkedfrom http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/Placenames/frameworks/index,jsp.This documentprovides comprehensiveinformation aboutthe Board arid its policiesand procedures, including a sectionon Antarctic naming,[f you haveany questions, particularly about the place naming process in theRoss Sea Region, pleasefeel freeto contactme. Yourstuxsincerely WendyShaw (Mrs) Secretaryof the New ZealandGeographic Board NgE Pou Taunahao Aotearoa

Rod Strachan AntarcticaNew Zealand PrivateBag 4745 CliristchurchMail Centre CHRISTCHURCH 8I4O

For your information. c/- Land InfonnationNew Zealand,Lambton House. 160 Lambton Quay, Private Box 5501,Wellington, New Zealand Tel64-4-4600ll0 or0800 Online(0800 665 463).Fax 6zl-4-460 0l 12,DDI 64-4-4600581, Cell 027 4807082 - Email rvsE!1D!.qz.gelt !2, internetLlLtllEw!=LrlZgeJ]lJZ and http //wwrv.lrnz.eovt.nz Extractfromly'ew kaland Gazette,31/5/2007, No. 58,p. 1514

Notice of Final Decisionsto Assign or RemovePlace Names in the RossSea Region, Antarctica Notice is hereby given of the final decisions of the New Zealand GeographicBoard Ngd Pou Taunahao Aotearoa to assip the place names stated in the frst column of Schedule I below, to the places describedin the second column of the said Schedule, and to remove the place names stated in the frst column of Schedule2 below, to the places described in the second column of the said Schedule, and that such decisions take effect on the date of theNew Zealand Gazettecontaininq this notice. Schedule 1 New Zealand Names to be Assigned Ashworth Glacier 85'01'36"5Latitude 169'15'53'E Longitude. Glacier flowing west from the Supporters Rangeinto Mill Glacier,near Plunket Point. Topographic map SV 51-60/8Plunket Point (1:250,000). Rose Rock 71o17.48'5Latitude 170o13.4'ELongitude. The inner rock of what was formerly The Sisters(refer Schedule 2 below),located off the northernextremity of CapeAdare, in northernVictoria Land. Topogr4phicmap SR 59-60/13Cape Adare. Hydrographic ChartNZ 14906(INT 9006).Rose Rock shownon currentmap and current chart. Schedule2 New Zealand Numes to be Removeil The Sisters 7t"17.4'S Latitude 170o13.2'ELongitude. Formerly two stacks,or pillar rocks, lying close to the northern tip of Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land. One was named GertrudeRock (seebelow) which no longer exists,and the other remainsRose Rock (refer ScheduleI above).Topographic map SR59.60/13 Cape Adare. Hydrographic ChartNZ 14906(INT 9006).The Sistersshown bn currentmap andcrurent chart. GertrudeRock 71'17.35'5 Latitude 170"13.2'ELongitude. Formerly the outermostof the two rocks called The Sisters(refer above),off the northernmostextremity of Cape Adare, in northern Victoria Land. Topographicmap SR 59-60/13 Cape Adare. Hydrographic ChartNZ 14906(INT 9006).Gertrude Rock shownon currentmap only. Dated at Wellington this 3lst day of May 2007. W. K. SHAW, Secretary,New Zealand GeographicBoard Ngd Pou Taunahao Aotearoa.

NOTICENo: 3600 Report on Ashworth Glucier

Wednesday,I Aagust 2007 7:57:47a-m.

Name: AShWOrth GlaCief id: 2595 Latitude:85'0'l'36"S Longitude: 169'15'53'E FeatureType: Glacier SubmissionDate: 1510112007Sabmitter: UK Antarctic Place-names Committee Descrtpfion: Glacierwith sharply delineated sides flowing WSW from Supporters Range, Transantarctic Mountains into MillGlacier, NE of PlunketPoint. Namedafter Prof. Allan C. Ashworth"of Palaeontology and Stratignaphy at North Dakota State University. He discoveredthe only yet known fly fossils in Antarctica in the nearby . His work has greatly enhancedthe scientific understanding of palaeoenvironments inAntarctica. Comments: TopographicMap: SV 51-60/8 Plunket Point (1 :250,000). Official by NewZealand Gazette 2OO7 p. 1514, dated31 May2007. Coordinate system: Spheroid - WGS-84, Projection - Stereographic South Pole. ApprovalDate: 2OlO4l20O7

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