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A group of six small islands about 3 km south-east of Azimuth Island, off the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

The summit of the western part of the Mount Menzies massif. It rises from the crest of a long ridge trending north towards the Fischer Glacier and forms the west wall of the huge northern cirque of Mount Menzies. It is about 8.5km NNW of the summit of Mount Menzies. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1957 and 1960. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.S. Trail in December, 1961. Named after Dr. R. Pardoe, medical officer at Mawson in 1961.

A hill, exceeding 135 m in elevation, just east of Lake Cowan in the eastern part of the Vestfold Hills. The feature was the site of a wind-run pole erected by an ANARE party from Davis in 1969.

The summit of a rock ridge in the southern part of Clemmence Massif, on the eastern side of the Lambert Glacier. The peak was the site of a geodetic survey station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains Survey in 1971. Named after AD Parker, technical officer and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971.

An isolated peak, roughly pyramidal in shape, but with short prominent ridges extending from it. It is on the eastern side of the Tomilin Glacier in Oates Land. First visited in March 1961 by an airborne field party from the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan, 1961 led by Phillip Law. Named after Dr. W.D. Parkinson, geophysicist with the expedition.

An "S" shaped rocky outcrop in snow about one third of the way up the slope to the Løken Moraines near Casey and measuring about 150 m by 50 m. A 1.5 m steel pole was established at the station mark at the centre of a rock cairn. A trig station NM/S/251 was established there in July 1978. The survey station was established with the support of Rod Parsons on the highest rock outcrop in the area. Rod Parsons made a significant contribution to the success of the survey work during the 1978 Glaciological Spring Traverse. Rod wintered as Radio Operator at Casey during 1978.

An island in the centre of the entrance to Long Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

A prominent bluff located above Winston Lagoon and Capsize Beach, south-eastern Heard Island.

A glacier just east of Cook Ridge, Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. J.L.A. Paternostro, USNR, navigator in US Navy aircraft during US Operations Deepfreeze 67 and 68.

A group of six small islands, close to the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 15 km ENE of Mawson. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Named after A.J.F. Paterson, supervising technician (radio) at Mawson in 1963.

The northern most point of Cumpston Massif, at the junction of the Lambert Glacier and Mellor Glacier in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in 1956 from an ANARE aircraft. Named after Patrick Albion, radio operator at Mawson in 1956.

The lake is a pear shaped, permanently frozen epiglacial lake on the edge of the plateau, with an approximate area of 20.5 ha. It is at the extreme northern and central end of the Central Masson Range.

A small island in the northern part of the Swain Group, Windmill Islands, about 1 km west of Cameron Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956 and 1962) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). The islands north of Wilkes were surveyed by C.R. Eklund, scientific leader at Wilkes in 1957.

A lake in the south-eastern part of the Vestfold Hills, just south of Trajer Ridge. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

A bay on the BANZARE Coast of Wilkes Land, between the Dalton Iceberg Tongue and the Voyeykov Ice Shelf. A bay was delineated in this vicinity from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The bay was also photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (1961 and 1962). Named by USACAN after James R. Paulding, Secretary of the US Navy under President Van Buren (1837-41).

An island in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

An irregularly shaped island 3.3 kms north-east of the northernmost point of Torckler Island in the Rauer Group. The highest point is 69 m. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A rock ridge in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, just east of Mount Soucek. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE during 1956. Named after D. Peacock, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

The N-S extension of the Aurora Subglacial Basin. The trench is located within the Australian Antarctic Territory south of Dome C. It was discovered and mapped by radio echo sounding by the Scott Polar Research Institute.

One of the Stinear Nunataks in Mac.Robertson Land, it is 2,182 m high. Discovered by an ANARE southern party, 1954, led by Robert G. Dovers and is the farthest south reached by them. The name was given as a code name in the field and has since been used frequently by later parties.