Holyoake Range
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Holyoake Range is a range in the south part of the Churchill Mountains
, extending in a NW-SE direction for about 25 nautical miles (46 km) between Prince Philip
and Errant Glacier
s. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake
who, as Minister of Agriculture, then Prime Minister
and later as Leader of the Opposition, gave strong support to New Zealand
participation in Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956-58.
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...
, extending in a NW-SE direction for about 25 nautical miles (46 km) between Prince Philip
Prince Philip Glacier
Prince Philip Glacier is a glacier flowing south for about 20 nautical miles between Cobham and Holyoake Ranges into Nimrod Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
and Errant Glacier
Errant Glacier
Errant Glacier is a glacier, 15 nautical miles long, which lies on the east side of Holyoake Range and drains south into Nimrod Glacier. This glacier offered a route to the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition when they journeyed north from Nimrod Glacier in...
s. 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 the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake
Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, KStJ was a New Zealand politician. The only person to have been both Prime Minister and Governor-General of New Zealand, Holyoake was National Party Prime Minister from 20 September 1957 to 12 December 1957, then again from 12 December 1960 to 7...
who, as Minister of Agriculture, then Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
and later as Leader of the Opposition, gave strong support to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
participation in Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
, 1956-58.