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Cotter pin (disambiguation) Cotter pin may refer to: In U.S. usage: *Split pin, a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation used to fasten metal together, like with a staple or rivet * Hairpin cotter pin, more commonly known as an "R-clip" * Bowtie cotte ...

, a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together *

Cotter (farmer) Cotter, cottier, cottar, or is the German or Scots term for a peasant farmer (formerly in the Scottish Highlands for example). Cotters occupied cottages and cultivated small land lots. The word ''cotter'' is often employed to translate the ...

, the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands *

Cotter (surname) Cotter is a surname that originates in England and Ireland. It can also be an Anglicization, chiefly in North America, of a similar-sounding German surname. Origin of the name The surname Cotter has several different origins. The English surname i ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Cotter, Arkansas Cotter is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 970 at the 2010 census. History Native American Bluff Dwellers were the original inhabitants of the area now known as Cotter. When Native Americans were moved westw ...

, United States *

Cotter, Iowa Cotter is a city in western Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 39 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Cotter, originally called Cotterville, was laid out in 1878 by Margare ...

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Mount Cotter Mount Cotter, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Dick Cotter who was a packer with the California Geological Survey in 1864. Cotter and Clarence King made the first ascent of Mount Tyndall Mount Tyndall is a peak in the Mo ...

, a mountain in California, United States *

Cotter River The Cotter River, a perennial river of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The Cotter River, together with the Queanbeyan River, is one of two rivers that prov ...

, a river in the Australian Capital Territory

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