Wilson Stream
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Wilson Stream is a meltwater stream which flows from the ice-free lower west slopes of Mount Bird
, to the south of Alexander Hill
, and over steep sea cliffs into Wohlschlag Bay
, Ross Island
. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1958–59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for J. Wilson, mountaineer assistant with the expedition.
Mount Bird
Mount Bird is a stratovolcano, high, 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 after Cape Bird. Shell Glacier and Endeavour Piedmont Glacier...
, to the south of Alexander Hill
Alexander Hill
Alexander Hill is a hill with a prominent seaward cliff face, lying south of Harrison Stream and Cinder Hill on the lower ice-free west slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named by the New Zealand...
, and over steep sea cliffs into Wohlschlag Bay
Wohlschlag Bay
Wohlschlag Bay is a large bay indenting the west side of Ross Island between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds. Charted by the Discovery expedition under Scott, 1901-04. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Donald E...
, Ross Island
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
. Mapped 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, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) for J. Wilson, mountaineer assistant with the expedition.