No major air routes or supply roads to Antarctic stations pass close to the volcano,[10] and some parts of the edifice are accessible only by helicopter.[11] The name of the volcano refers to the takahē, a flightless nearly extinct bird from New Zealand; members of the 1957–1958 Marie Byrd Land Traverse party nicknamed an aircraft that had resupplied them "takahe".[12] Mount Takahe was first visited in 1957–1958 and again in 1968,[13] 1984-1985 and 1998-1999.[14]