The Cook Mountains is a group of
mountains bounded by the
Mulock and
Darwin
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Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
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glaciers
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in
Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of these mountains were mapped by a New Zealand party of the
CTAE (1956–58), and they were completely mapped by the
USGS from
Tellurometer surveys and US Navy air photos, 1959–63.
Named by the NZ-APC for Captain
James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
.
Cook Mountains landforms include
Bowling Green Col Bowling Green Col () is an ice-filled east–west col between Reeves Plateau and Bowling Green Plateau in the Cook Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
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,
Bowling Green Plateau
Bowling Green Plateau () is a small but prominent ice-covered plateau at the north side of the Brown Hills in the Cook Mountains in Antarctica It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63); Profess ...
,
Bromwich Terrace
Bromwich Terrace () is a high relatively flat ice-capped area of about , in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It lies between Festive Plateau and Mount Longhurst on the north, and Starbuck Cirque and Mount Hughes on the south. At elevation, t ...
,
DeZafra Ridge
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock Glacier, Mulock and Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedit ...
,
Soyuz-13 Rock
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica. Parts of the group were first viewed from the Ross Ice Shelf by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04). Additional portions of th ...
,
Schoonmaker Ridge,
Wright Hill Wright Hill () is a large flat-topped hill at the east side of Bowling Green Plateau in the Cook Mountains. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). Named after D. Wright, a member of the Commo ...
, and the
Brown Hills.
See also
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Butcher Ridge, near the polar plateau in the west part of the Cook Mountains
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Finn Spur, a rock spur northeast of
Mount Ayres in the Cook Mountains
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Gatson Ridge, a jagged ridge, long, that runs east from the southern part of
Bowling Green Plateau
Bowling Green Plateau () is a small but prominent ice-covered plateau at the north side of the Brown Hills in the Cook Mountains in Antarctica It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63); Profess ...
in the Cook Mountains
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Gjelsvik Spur, a rock spur 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of Mount Ayres in the Cook Mountains
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Harper Ridge, extends north from the central part of the
Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains
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Soyuz-18 Rock is a nunatak west of Cheney Bluff in the Cook Mountains
References
External links
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Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
Hillary Coast
Oates Land
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