Coxcomb Peak
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Coxcomb Peak is a dolerite elevation which overlooks the south end of Plumstead Valley
in the Allan Hills
, Victoria Land
. It was reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the name because of the jaunty appearance of the feature in profile.
Plumstead Valley
Plumstead Valley is a valley at the northern end of Shipton Ridge, east of Kirkcaldy Spur in the Allan Hills, Oates Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program Allan Hills Expedition, 1964. They named it after Dr. E.P. Plumstead for her work on Glossopteris fossils,...
in the Allan Hills
Allan Hills
The Allan Hills are group of hills, mainly ice free and about long, lying just north-west of Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in Oates Land and Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the name because of the jaunty appearance of the feature in profile.