Coulter Heights () are snow-covered heights that rise between

Strauss Glacier Strauss Glacier () is a glacier, long, flowing between the Ickes Mountains and Coulter Heights to enter the sea at the east side of Land Bay, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Strauss Glacier was mapped by the United States Geol ...

and Frostman Glacier near the coast of

Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centu ...

, Antarctica. The rock outcrops of Kuberry Rocks, Matikonis Peak and Lambert Nunatak protrude above the snow surface of the heights.

Mapping and name

Coulter Heights was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and from

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air photographs in 1959–65. They were named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Neil M. Coulter, a meteorologist at

Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. It was a year-round base until 1972, and then se ...

in 1963.

Location

The Coulter Heights are south of the coast of Marie Byrd Land, southwest of

Hull Bay Hull Bay () is an ice-filled bay, about wide, fed by Hull Glacier, which descends into it between Lynch Point and Cape Burks, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovery and name Hull Bay was discovered by the United States Antarctic ...

, between Strauss Glacier to the west and Frostman Glacier to the east. Features, from north to south, include Kuberry Rocks, Matikonis Peak, Karaali Rocks and Lambert Nunatak.

Features

Kuberry Rocks

. A small area of exposed rock at the north end of Coulter Heights. The rocks are northwest of Matikonis Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Richard W. Kuberry, geomagnetist/seismologist at Byrd Station, 1969-70.

Matikonis Peak

. A small, rather isolated rock peak that protrudes through the snow mantle of central Coulter Heights. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for William P. Matikonis, DC2, United States Navy, Damage Controlman aboard USS Glacier, 1961-62.

Karaali Rocks

. A small group of rocks along the east side of the mainly snow-covered Coulter Heights. They are located east of Matikonis Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Atok Karaali, ionospheric physicist at Plateau Station, 1968.

Lambert Nunatak

. A rock

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...

that protrudes through the snow mantle of southeastern Coulter Heights. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Paul A. Lambert, QM1, United States Navy, Senior Quartermaster on the USS Glacier, 1961-62.

Clarke Glacier

. A glacier about long draining from Coulter Heights to Hull Bay. Named by US-ACAN after Theodore S. Clarke, geophysicist, University of Wisconsin. His research from early 1990s to the present focused on theoretical and field analysis of ice stream area of West Antarctica.

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