Cumbers Reef

Cumbers Reef (67°35′S 69°40′W) is a group of rocks aligned in an arc forming the north and west parts of the Amiot Islands, off the southwest part of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Roger N. Cumbers, 3rd officer of RRS John Biscoe, 1961–62, the ship which assisted the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in the charting of this area in 1963.[1]

References

"Cumbers Reef". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 483. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cumbers Reef". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

Adelaide Island

Stations and bases

Hills, peaks,
and nunatuks

Glaciers

Other inland
features

Coastal features

Off-shore

Islands	Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island
Reefs and banks	Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef
Rocks	Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock
Straits	Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel

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