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A group of four rock outcrops at the northern end of the Schwartz Range in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by P J Cook and G Treatt on ANARE on 21 February, 1965. Named after P J Cook, geologist with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A north-south trending ridge, mostly ice-covered, which extends into the south-east corner of Davies Bay, Oates Land. It has three prominent peaks. First visited in March 1961 by an ANARE airborn survey party from the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after D Cook, surveyor with the Expedition.

A somewhat elongated mountain with a central peak about 46 km NNW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D J Cooke, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1963.

A rocky ridge on the coast of Oates Land about 5 km west of Magga Peak. The ridge, which runs roughly north-south, forms the eastern extremity of Lauritzen Bay. Discovered and mapped on 20 February 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after Bruce Coombes, airport engineer from the Australian Department of Civil Aviation, who accompanied the expedition to investigate potential airfield sites at Wilkes and elsewhere.

An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys, about 90 square km in area lying south-eastof Allen Nunatak and separated from it by the Odell Glacier. Discovered by the TAE (1956-58). Named after Professor D S Coombs, Professor of Geology at Otago University, who assisted the expedition.

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.