Nearby features to the west and north, along the southern edge of the Byrd Glacier, include from southwest to northeast, Keating Massif, Mount Fries, Zeller Glacier, Mount Rainbow, Sefton Glacier, the Rundle Peaks, Brecher Glacier, Mandarich Massif, Twombley Glacier, Blake Massif, Lowry Massif, Mount Tuatara, Judith Glacier, Mount Tadpole, the Miscast Nunataks and Couzens Saddle. Roberts Pike and Carr Crest are isolated features to the east of Lowry Massif.
Keating Massif . A rugged mainly ice-covered massif, long, rising to approximately , and lying northwest. It is located at the southern edge of the head of Byrd Glacier. The feature includes Mount Fries and forms the southwestern boundary of
Zeller Glacier. Named in honor of Colin Keating, who was the Secretary for Justice from 1997–2000. He had a distinguished 30 year career in the Public Service, mostly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, during which time he had a significant Antarctic focus through his work in the Legal Division and then as the Deputy Secretary responsible for Multi Lateral Affairs, which included the Legal and Antarctic Divisions. Later, as the Deputy Secretary responsible for Corporate Affairs, he retained authority for the Antarctic Policy Unit, at a time of considerable changes to the organizational structure of New Zealand Antarctic institutions from 1985 through to 1993. He provided much of the intellectual input behind New Zealand's work leading to the adoption of the Environment Protocol.
Mount Fries A prominent peak, high, standing just south of the mouth of Zeller Glacier and being one of the westernmost summits along the south wall of Byrd Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Robert H. Fries, aurora scientist at the South Pole Station, 1963.
Mount Rainbow . A peak, 2,050 m, along the south side of Byrd Glacier, surmounting the broad ridge between Zeller and Sefton Glaciers. So named by the NZGSAE (1960–61) as the peak consists of multi-colored beds of sandstone with probable dolerite sitting on pink-green limestone.
Rundle Peaks . A cluster of mainly ice-covered peaks at the south side of Byrd Glacier, just east of Sefton Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Arthur S. Rundle, a member of the USARP parties which made glaciological and geophysical studies on the
Ross Ice Shelf, 1961–62 and 1962-63.
Mandarich Massif . A rugged Y-shaped
massif which rises to on the south side of
Byrd Glacier in Antarctica. It stands between
Brecher Glacier and
Twombley Glacier, two southern tributaries to Byrd Glacier. The massif was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Captain (later Rear Admiral) Stevan Mandarich (1911–2001),
U.S. Navy, Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd on
Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955–56.
Blake Massif . A compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to approximately on the south side of
Byrd Glacier. The unit lies between Lowry Massif to the northeast and Mandarich Massif to the southwest. It was named in honor of
Sir Peter Blake, who died in December 2001 during an environmental awareness expedition on the
Amazon River. He was an exceptional sailor, and sought to raise worldwide awareness of environmental issues, to help protect life in, on and around the waters of the world. He sailed to the
Antarctic Peninsula aboard the
Seamaster in January 2001.
Lowry Massif . A compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to about on the south side of Byrd Glacier. The unit is long and stands 3 nautical miles south-southwest of Mount Tuatara. A section of
Shackleton Limestone was measured here by
United States Antarctic Program geologist Edmund Stump on November 21, 2000. The
massif is named after geologist Patrick H. Lowry, a member of Stump's
Arizona State University field parties, 1977–78 and 1978–79, the latter season being in the Byrd Glacier area.
Mount Tuatara . A mountain, high, standing on the south side of Byrd Glacier, north of Mount Hamilton. Mapped by the NZGSAE (1960–61) who so named it because the long spiny summit ridge resembles a lizard.
Mount Tadpole . A rounded and mostly ice-free mountain, about high, with a narrow ridge running southwest from the main mass. The mountain is 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Tuatara on the south side of Byrd Glacier. So named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) because of the appearance of the mountain.
Miscast Nunataks . A group of four
nunataks which rise to on the south side of Byrd Glacier. The outcrops lie between Mount Tadpole and
Mount Madison. To their East is Couzens Saddle. The feature was geologically mapped as Dick Formation, a clastic, sandstone unit, by the
New Zealand Geological Survey in 1960–61. The current name arose following remapping by
United States Antarctic Program geologist Edmund Stump in 2000–01, and the determination that the entire outcrop is not sandstone but
Shackleton Limestone.
Couzens Saddle A saddle rising to approximately , between the Miscast Nunataks and
Mount Madison at west and east, and Byrd Glacier and
Couzens Bay at north and south. It was named at the suggestion of the
US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in association with Couzens Bay, which was named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) in honor of Lieutenant Thomas Couzens,
Royal New Zealand Air Force, who lost his life in a
crevasse accident near
Cape Selborne on 19 November 1959.
Roberts Pike . A peak rising to , 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Tuatara. The culmination of several ridgelines, the summit commands a view of the drainage areas of
Judith Glacier,
Entrikin Glacier, and
Couzens Bay. It was named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John "J.R." Roberts, a
New Zealand mountaineer and field guide in 12 Antarctic seasons with
United States Antarctic Program (USAP), 1987–88 to 2000–01, the last season in Churchill Mountains including work at this peak.
Carr Crest . A rock summit rising to . It is east south east of Roberts Pike and overlooks Couzens Bay due east. It was named in honor of
Roderick Carr, a member of
Shackleton's Expedition of 1914–17. ==References==