Name StatusApproved: NZGB Antarctic CommitteeFeatureMountainNZ Gazette Reference2009 (77) p.1803DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionNamed for Prof (Ementus) George Knox, who has been actively involved in Antarctic biology for over 30yrs. Former president of SCAR.
2007: presented with the New Zealand Antarctic Science 50th Anniversary Award. Emeritus Professor Knox, then aged 87, was born in Pleasant Point and educated at Timaru Boys High School. He was first appointed to the then National Committee for Antarctic Research in 1959 and sat on the Ross Dependency Research Committee between 1965 and 1992. He was the New Zealand delegate to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) from 1974 to 1986 and President of SCAR between 1978 and 1982, the only New Zealander to hold the post. Knox also sat on several other international committees, including being Secretary General and then President of the International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) from 1978 to 1982. Knox
