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A great massif of brown rock in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, rising sheer from the plateau ice on the northern face, with steep slopes on the other sides. It is bare, except for an ice cap on the flat summit area. It is 2362 m above sea level. First visited in November, 1955, by an ANARE party led by John M Béchervaise, Officer-in-Charge Mawson in 1955, after whom it was named.

A partly snow-covered mountain, about 4 km SW of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after J W Beck, assistant cook at Mawson in 1964 and storeman at Wilkes in 1966.

A dark, steep-sided peak about 1,970 m above sea level, about 20 km SSE of Armstrong Peak, Napier Mountains, Enderby Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition and called Stor Hanakken by Norwegian cartographers. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956. First visited in 1960 by an ANARE party led by S L Kirkby.

The larger of two partly snow-covered mountains in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 20 km south-west of Mount Starlight. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R H Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965. Named after P A Bensley, carpenter at Mawson in 1965.

One of the Raggatt Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after R D Bergin, radio officer at Mawson in 1961.

A mountain about 2 km east of Budd Peak, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957. Named after M G Berrigan, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1961.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 6 km east of Mount Hampson. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after F. Best, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A prominent, flat-topped mountain on the western end of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It has a spur running north and a large moraine running north-east. The mountain is 1973 m high and 200 m above the plateau on the west; to the east there is a snow scarp and drop of 55 m.First visited by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1956, after whom the feature was named.

An outcrop about 19 km SSW of Mount Rubin in the southern Princes Charles Mountains. It is about 9.5 km long and 2.5-4.0 km wide and has two peaks. It is oriented in a SSW-NNE direction. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after I G Bird, electronics engineer at Mawson in 1960.

A distinctive, black, rock peak on the coast of Enderby Land. Seen from the Discovery by BANZARE (1929-31) and named by Sir Douglas Mawson after John Biscoe, who is thought to have discovered the feature on 13 March, 1931, and called it Cape Ann. Mawson applied the name Cape Ann to a point on the coast nearby. Its position was fixed by ANARE survey party in 1957.

A mountain just south of Mt Elder on the north-east coast of Macquarie Island.

A mountain just east of Davis Bay on Macquarie Island.

A low, domed, boulder-covered, dark rock outcrop, about 7 km west of Mount Rymill in the southern Princes Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after Flying Officer E Bloomfield, RAAF, navigator with the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1960.

A gneissic mountain between the Matusevich and Tomilin Glaciers in Oates Land. So named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64) because three members of the party were forced to abandon their proposed survey and gravity station by a blizzard and after examining the geology sledged several kilometres back to their camp in thick drifting snow.

A mountain just north of Amphitheatre Peaks, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after Dr J Boda, Medical officer at Wilkes in 1959.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land about 3 km ESE of Mount Porteus. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE during 1956. Named after E. Bond, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A mountain, about 2 km long, 3 km east of Mount Béchervaise in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A large, gently-domed mountain at the southern end of the Lambert Glacier. Discovered in November, 1956, by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, during a photographic flight. Named after R A Borland, meteorologist at Mawson in 1958.

A mountain about 6.5 km SSE of Mount Bennett, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after J E Breckinridge, meteorologist at Wilkes in 1961.

One of the Napier Mountains in Enderby Land, about 22 km east of Armstrong Peak. The mountain is about 1,520 m above sea level. The Napier Mountains were discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. This feature was plotted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photography taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936037) and called Skorefjell. An ANARE dog-sledge party led by S.L. Kirkby passed closed by the feature in 1960. Named after Dr. T.F. Bride, a member of the first Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.