Cooper ice falls
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 Topographic map with the Cooper Icefalls in the Nimrod Glacier (left of center) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 31 ′ S , 160 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nimrod Glacier | |
The Cooper Icefalls are the largest glacier break of the Nimrod Glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They are in the vicinity of the Kon-Tiki-Nunatak .
The southern group of the 1960 to 1961 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Christopher Neville Cooper, a member of this expedition and previously a participant in the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition (1959-1960).
Web links
- Cooper Icefalls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cooper Icefalls on geographic.org (English)