Achievements
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Many geographical features in and around Australian Antarctic Territory have been named for Syd Kirkby. Some of these are: Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains Kirkby Head on Tange Promontory in Enderby Land, near the Russian Molodezhnaya Station Kirkby Shoal in Newcomb Bay, near Casey Station, Shirley Island, Windmill Islands Kirkby Glacier on the eastern boundary of Australian Antarctic Territory in the Transport Antarctic Mountains, Oates Land Other awards and recognition include: the Polar Medal (1957) Member of the Order of the British Empire (1965) the Gold Medal of the Australian Geographic Society as Adventurer of the Year (1997) nominated by the newspaper The Australian as one of the ten greatest Australian adventurers of the 20th century (1999).
