Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureIce PiedmontNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionNamed in honour of the expeditionary ship Kooperatsiya, of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958. The original feature to which the name as applied is a very small bay. The NZGSAE 1963-64 suggested that the name be applied to the larger (piedmont) feature.