Name StatusApprovedFeaturePeakNZ Gazette Reference2001 (48) p.1094DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescription
Feature # 25 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A peak (c.890 m) located 1.5 mi W of Terra Nova Glacier and 2 mi S of Lewis Bay on the lower NE slope of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. On November 28, 1979, a New Zealand DC 10 aircraft on a scenic flight 901 from Auckland crashed near this peak claiming the lives of 237 passengers from eight countries and a crew of 20. In 1987, a stainless steel memorial cross was erected W of the peak. Te Puna Roimata Peak (meaning spring of tears) was named by the NZGB in 2001.
