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The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( ACAN or US - ACAN ) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in ___MASK22___ . The United States does not recognise territorial boundaries within ___MASK22___ , so ACAN will assign names to features anywhere within the continent , in consultation with other national nomenclatural bodies where appropriate . New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of ___MASK20___ across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal and plant life . The country ' s varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland . ___MASK22___ ( US English , UK English or ) is Earth ' s southernmost continent . It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere , almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle , and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean . At , it is the fifth - largest continent . For comparison , ___MASK22___ is nearly twice the size of Australia . About 98 % of ___MASK22___ is covered by ice that averages in thickness , which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula . The Ross Dependency is a region of ___MASK22___ defined by a sector originating at the South Pole , passing along longitudes 160 ° east to 150 ° west , and terminating at latitude 60 ° south . It is claimed by New Zealand . Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961 , Article IV of which states : " No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting , supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in ___MASK22___ or create any rights of sovereignty in ___MASK22___ ," most countries do not recognise territorial claims in ___MASK22___ . Bowers Mountains is a group of north - south trending mountains in ___MASK22___ , about 145 km ( 90 mi ) long and 56 km ( 35 mi ) wide , bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick , Canham , Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants . The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the " Terra Nova ", under Lt . Harry L . L . Pennell , RN , and was subsequently named " Bowers Hills " in honour of Henry Robertson Bowers who perished with Captain Robert Falcon Scott on their return from the South Pole in 1912 . The mountain range is one of the most extensive topographical features within Victoria Land . Victoria Land is a region of ___MASK22___ which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf , extending southward from about 70 ° 30 ' S to 78 ° 00 ' S , and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau . It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK ' s Queen Victoria . The rocky promontory of Minna Bluff is often regarded as the southernmost point of Victoria Land , and separates the Scott Coast to the north from the Hillary Coast of the Ross Dependency to the south . The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island , which is in the New Zealand - claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in ___MASK22___ . It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program , a branch of the National Science Foundation . The station is the largest community in ___MASK22___ , capable of supporting up to 1 , 258 residents , and serves as one of three United States Antarctic science facilities . All personnel and cargo going to or coming from Amundsen  Scott South Pole Station first pass through McMurdo . Captain Robert Falcon Scott , ( 6 June 1868  29 March 1912 ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions : the Discovery Expedition , 1901  1904 , and the ill - fated Terra Nova Expedition , 1910  1913 . On the first expedition , he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82 ° S and discovered the Polar Plateau , on which the South Pole is located . During the second venture , Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912 , four weeks after Roald Amundsen ' s Norwegian expedition . On their return journey , Scott ' s party discovered plant fossils , proving ___MASK22___ was once forested and joined to other continents . A planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed , despite Scott ' s written instructions , and at a distance of 150 miles from their base camp and 11 miles from the next depot , Scott and his companions perished . The Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of mountain ranges in northwest Victoria Land , ___MASK22___ , comprising the Everett Range , Mirabito Range , King Range , Leitch Massif , East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range . This massive complex of topographical features lie situated on the Pennell Coast , a portion of ___MASK22___ lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare . The Anare Mountains are a large group of mainly snow - covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land , ___MASK22___ . The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean , on the west by Lillie Glacier , and on the south by Ebbe Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier . Kirkby Glacier , in length , drains the central Anare Mountains and flows northwest to the sea from Cape North , and just north of Arthurson Bluff , northern Victoria Land . The mountain range is situated on the Pennell Coast , a portion of ___MASK22___ lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare . Mount Mulach ( 71 ° 7  S 164 ° 4  E ) is a mountain ( 1 , 080 m ) standing 4 miles ( 6 km ) northeast of Mount Draeger on the east side of Posey Range , Bowers Mountains , where it overlooks the Lillie Glacier . Mapped by United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) from ground surveys and U . S . Navy air photos , 1960 -- 62 . Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US - ACAN ) for Chief Electrician ' s Mate William J . Mulach , U . S . Navy , of the McMurdo Station winter party , 1967 . This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document `` Mount Mulach '' ( content from the Geographic Names Information System ) . The Amundsen  Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole , the southernmost place on the Earth . The station is located on the high plateau of ___MASK22___ at an elevation of above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program . McMurdo Sound and its ice - clogged waters extends about long and wide . The sound connects the Ross Sea to the north with the Ross Ice Shelf cavity to the south via Haskell Strait . The strait is largely covered by the McMurdo Ice Shelf . The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to on the western shoreline . Ross Island , an historic jumping - off point for polar explorers , designates the eastern boundary . The active volcano Mt Erebus at dominates Ross Island . ___MASK22___ ' s largest scientific base , the United States ' McMurdo Station , as well as the New Zealand Scott Base are on the southern shore of the island . Less than 10 percent of McMurdo Sound ' s shoreline is free of ice . It is the southernmost navigable body of water in the world . Lillie Glacier is a large glacier in ___MASK22___ , about long and wide . It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east , flowing to Ob ' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue . Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of ___MASK22___ , off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound . The United States Antarctic Program ( or USAP ; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS ) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of ___MASK22___ . Founded in 1959 , the USAP manages all U . S . scientific research and related logistics in ___MASK22___ as well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean .