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A small island to the north of the Bolingen Islands at the south of Prydz Bay. The first landing was made by an ANARE sledging party led by Phillip Law on 5 February, 1955. The name is derived from the rich growth of lichens found on the island.

A lake about 1 km long, constricted in the middle, in Lichen Valley, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several lakes investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974.

A valley about 60 m deep in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills, about 1.25 km north of Luncke Ridge. So named because of the number and variety of lichens found there.

A hill about 120 m high in the north-central part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, near Long Fjord. The southern face of the hill is almost perpendicular. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE sledge party led by Bruce H. Stinear in 1958.

A glacier on the south-west coast, just north of Cape Arkona. Named after N.T.Lied, radio supervisor with ANARE Heard Island in 1951 and weather observer with ANARE Heard Island in 1963.

The western promontory of the Broknes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills.

A tributary glacier of the Hatherton Glacier, which drains the northern slopes of Mount Olympus, between Johnstone Ridge and Dusky Ridge. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after B.J. Lieske, meteorologist, who wintered at Little America V in 1957.

One of the Donovan Islands off the Budd Coast. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), by ANARE (1956) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named by USACAN after a member of the 1957 Wilkes party, aerographer B.R. Lilienthal, USN.  

One of the group of peaks at the eastern end of the Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land, about 41 km south-east of Fram Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after Lindsay Smith, helicopter engineer with the ANARE Expedition on the MV (Nella Dan), 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A narrow, broken rock ridge about 17 km long, at the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1958 and 1973. Named after John D. Lines, (then) Assistant Director, of the (then) Division of National Mapping, Australian Department of Minerals and Energy.

A group of nunataks between Jennings Promontory and Reinbolt Hills on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The position of the nunataks was fixed by intersection from Corry Rocks and Rubeli Bluff by ANARE surveyors in 1968. Named after Norm Linton-Smith, (then) senior technical officer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, a member of the ANARE Amery Ice Shelf glaciological traverse in 1970.

A nunatak about 19 km east of Perov Nunataks in Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after the Soviet Icebreaker Litke.

A peak, about 2 kilometres north-west of Fremantle Peak on Heard Island.

A small, ice-free island located some 2.8km north of the entrance to Amanda Bay.

A group of 11 small, black nunataks in the nivi field above the Byrd and Nimrod Glaciers, 41 km south-west of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered and named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61).

A prominent peak at the eastern end of Knuckey Peaks which resembles a seated figure when viewed from the south-east. The feature was a prominent landmark on the overland route taken by an ANARE party in 1974 from Mawson to Knuckey Peaks. Named after D.R. Loades, carpenter at Mawson in 1974 and a member of the ANARE tractor party which established a base camp at Knuckey peaks in 1974.

A large rock massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The surface of the massif is largely an undulating plateau from which Mount Loewe and Medvecky Peaks rise. The plateau lies at an average elevation of 1,000m above sea level and about 600m above the ice on its northern flank. Discovered by an ANARE party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named from Mount Loewe.

The automatic weather station (formerly known as A028) was first established in October 1980. It is located at an elevation of 1630 m. Named for Dr Fritz Loewe, who in 1937 was the Foundation Senior Lecturer in charge of the Department of Meteorology, University of Melbourne. In 1947-48 he participated in the Australian Antarctic cruise of the Wyatt Earp, in 1950 on a French expedition to Terre Adélie as an Australian observer and in 1951-52 he wintered as an Australian glaciologist with the French expedition at Port Martin in Terre Adélie. The naming of the automatic weather station for Dr Fritz Loewe recognises his contribution to the early development of Antarctic meteorology.

A line of moraines extending along the Budd Coast, for about 11 km, 1-4 km inland from the Windmill Islands. Photographed by ANARE in 1956. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named by USACAN after a member of the 1957 Wilkes party, O. Løken, glaciologist and Norwegian member of the party.