Cooper Nunatak
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Cooper Nunatak is a large rocky nunatak
5 miles (8 km) north of Diamond Hill, protruding through the ice east of the Brown Hills
. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962–63, and named for R.A. Cooper, geologist with the VUWAE, 1960–61.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
5 miles (8 km) north of Diamond Hill, protruding through the ice east of the Brown Hills
Brown Hills
The Brown Hills are a group of mainly snow-free hills in the Cook Mountains, lying north of the lower reaches of Darwin Glacier. They were named for their color by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ....
. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1962–63, and named for R.A. Cooper, geologist with the VUWAE, 1960–61.