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The main icefalls of the Nimrod Glacier, in the vicinity of Kon-Tiki Nunatak. Named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) for Christopher Neville Cooper, a member of the expedition, and also a member of the N Z Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition 1959-60.

A nunatak 9.5 km north of Diamond Hill in the Brown Hills. It is about 1300 m high. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named after R A Cooper, geologist with the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1960-61).

A submarine bank on the Kerguelen Plateau 89 nautical miles north-west from Heard Island. The bank is about 200 metres deep. The position has been fixed by echo sounding and GPS and it has been mapped by various survey vessels including the Eltanin, Cape Pillar, Professor Mesyatsev and RSV Aurora Australis. Many samples of spectacular large red gorgonian "soft corals" have been collected from this bank during recent fisheries research.

A headland about 180 metres high on the eastern side of Azorella Peninsula, Heard Island. An ANARE name which is an abbreviation of Corinthian. The Corinthian (Captain E. Darwin Rogers) from New London (Connecticut, USA) was the first sealing vessel to operate at the Island in 1855.

A wide bay between Rogers Head and Saddle Point, Heard Island. The Corinthian (Captain E. Darwin Rogers) from New London (Connecticut, USA) was the first sealing vessel to operate at the Island in 1855.

Small basaltic island in southern extremity of Sydney Cove, Heard Island.

Tarn located between Vahsel Glacier and Pageos Moraine, Heard Island

A nunatak in the extreme north-east corner of the Miller Range, between Marsh Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Discovered and named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62).

An angular rock bluff (c.800 m) at the W end of Horney Bluff and the terminus of Merrick Glacier, where the glacial flow is forced E at an acute angle upon entering Byrd Glacier.

A rocky outcrop on the western margin of the Mertz Glacier, about 37 km SSW of Buchanan Bay, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by A A E (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after P E Correll, a member of the expedition.

A large massif about 6.5 km north-west of Crohn Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The northern side of the massif is marked by an unusual moraine pattern. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R H Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and on aerial photographs by ANARE in 1959 and 1965. Named after Max J Corry, surveyor at Mawson in 1965. Altitude is at southern end of the massif - survey station NMS176.

A group of about twelve brown coloured rocks at the northern extremity of Gillock Island. One of these rocks was occupied as a survey station during the ANARE tellurometer traverse from Larsemann Hills to Reinbolt Hills in 1968. Named after Max J Corry, officer-in-charge and glaciologist of the ANARE Amery Ice Shelf party in 1968, who took part in the survey.

A small glacier, just west of the Dovers Glacier in Kemp Land. First seen from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after M Cosgrove, radio supervisor at Mawson in 1959.

A snow-covered plateau, 540 square km in area, on the eastern side of the lower Marsh Glacier. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). Named after Sir Charles Cotton, New Zealand geomorphologist and authority on glacial landforms.

An island in the William Scoresby Archipelago about 2 km north of Islay.

A rocky peninsula projecting from the ice in the northern part of the Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) Named by USACAN after J Countess, air crewman on the Operation Highjump seaplane which landed on one of the lakes in the Bunger Hills in February, 1947. NOTE: It has the name Skalistyj, poluostrov in the Russian gazetteer.

A small island, partly contained in a glacier tongue on the Ingrid Christensen Coast about 3 km west of Amanda Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). First visited by an ANARE survey party led by Max J Corry in February 1969.

A dolerite feature south of Plumstead Valley in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) and so named because of its jaunty appearance in profile.