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 (2) Names of persons who have made outstanding discoveries in Antarctica or, through their work with Antarctic expeditions, have made outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge or to the techniques of Antarctic exploration;

(3) Names of persons who have made important contributions in the planning, organization, outfitting, or operation of expeditions to Antarctica;

(4) Names of persons who have provided major financial or material support to an expedition, or otherwise have contributed to Antarctic exploration.

The type of personal contribution should generally be proportional to the magnitude category of the named feature.

5. Inappropriate names

Names in the following categories are considered to be inappropriate and normally will not be considered, unless otherwise appropriate according to the principles stated herein:

(1) Names in low taste, commonplace or of obscure or private origin, including names suggesting a relationship or friendship;

(2) Names of pets or of commercial products;

(3) Names of contributors of funds, equipment, and supplies, who by means of their advertising have endeavored to gain commercial advantage as a result of their donations. This would not include advantages which result from testing of donated equipment under Antarctic conditions;

(4) Descriptive names which are ambiguous, likely to have duplicates, or not particularly appropriate;

(5) Personal names combining both the given and the family name, or a given name only. Given names might be acceptable in unusual situations, or to avoid the application of identical toponyms;

(6) Names containing two generic terms, or a title, or an acronym.

6. Criteria of names approval

Name proposals will be considered by the Antarctic Place-names Commission with regard to the following criteria:

(1) Chronological priority of discovery, possible naming of the feature by an expedition leader, or other relevant action;

(2) Importance of the feature in the course of research or field work, or for navigation;

(3) Correspondence between contribution of a person or organization and the category of the named feature;

(4) Brevity, easy pronunciation, and euphony of the proposed name;

(5) Extent to which usage has become established.

Names of geographical origin may be applied to features of a different topographic feature class.