Erewhon Basin (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Erewhon Basin (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Basin
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An extensive ice-free area forming a basin in the Brown Hills, south of Foggydog Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM06
Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962-63, and named from Samuel Butler's novel Erewhon, as the area was considered a hospitable refuge for the expedition base camp. Note: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TRSGEO19650220.2.2/1
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