Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee

The '''Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee''' ('''AANMC''') was established to advise the [[Government of Australia|Government]] on names for features in the [[Australian Antarctic Territory]] and the subantarctic territory of [[Heard Island]] and the [[McDonald Islands]]. The committee also issues nominations [[Governor General of Australia|Governor General]] for the award of the [[Australian Antarctic Medal]].

Committee members were appointed by the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Antarctic matters. The committee was founded in 1952 as the '''Antarctic Names Committee of Australia''',<ref>{{Citation | title=Correspondence, mainly regarding Cook, Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, Australian Dictionary of Biography | publication-date=1954 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/236084341 | access-date=4 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Antarctic Names Committee-minutes | publication-date=1957 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/236084323 | access-date=4 January 2020 }}</ref> and changed to the current name in 1982 to reflect the multiple functions that the committee is responsible for. The committee was replaced by the '''Australian Antarctic Division Place names Committee''' in 2015.<ref>{{Citation | title=Australian Antarctic Gazetteer | publication-date=1952 | publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/229859332 | access-date=4 January 2020 }}</ref>

==Features named by the committee== * [[Burch Peaks]], named after W.M. Burch, geophysicist * [[Fyfe Hills]], named after [[W.V. Fyfe]], [[Surveyor General of Western Australia]] * [[Goldsworthy Ridge]], named after [[R.W. Goldsworthy]], survey field assistant * [[Gowlett Peaks]], named after[[Alan Gowlett]], engineer * [[Haigh Nunatak]], named after John Haigh, geophysicist * [[McNair Nunatak]], named after [[Richard McNair (cook)|Richard McNair]], cook * [[Mount Cordwell]], named after T.S. Cordwell, radio officer * [[Mount Smethurst]], named after N.R. Smethurst, officer-in-charge at [[Wilkes Station]] * [[Mount Stadler]], named after S. Stadler, weather observer * [[Mount Torckler]], named after R.M. Torckler, radio officer * [[Onley Hill]], named after [[L. Onley]], weather observer * [[Trost Rocks]], named after [[P.A. Trost]], electronics engineer * [[Mitchell Nunatak]], named after [[R. Mitchell]], a senior diesel mechanic at [[Mawson Station]] in 1969<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=10081|name=Mitchell Nunatak|accessdate=2013-10-27}}</ref> * [[Kenneth Ridge]], named after [[Kenneth A. Smith]], a radio officer at [[Mawson Station]] in 1969, and a member of the ANARE [[Prince Charles Mountains]] survey party in the same year<ref name="gnis2">{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=7864|name=Kenneth Ridge|accessdate=2013-04-26}}</ref> * [[New Year Nunatak]]

==Publication==

{{reflist|30em}} ==See also== *[[Australian Antarctic Division]] *[[Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica|SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica]]

*[[UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee]]

==External links== *[http://www.aad.gov.au AAD website] {{usgs-gazetteer}}

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