Cook Mountains
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 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.
Cook Mountains landforms include Bowling Green Col, Bowling Green Plateau, Bromwich Terrace, DeZafra Ridge, Soyuz-13 Rock, Schoonmaker Ridge, Wright Hill, and the Brown Hills.
See also
- Butcher Ridge, near the polar plateau in the west part of the Cook Mountains
- Finn Spur, a rock spur 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Ayres in the Cook Mountains
- Gatson Ridge, a jagged ridge, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, that runs east from the southern part of Bowling Green Plateau in the Cook Mountains
- Gjelsvik Spur, a rock spur 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of Mount Ayres in the Cook Mountains
- Harper Ridge, extends north from the central part of the Finger Ridges in the Cook Mountains
- Soyuz-18 Rock is a nunatak west of Cheney Bluff in the Cook Mountains
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