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Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956

The summit (1600 m) of Mulgrew Nunatak in Cook Mountains.

A small crescent shaped island 2 km south of Browns Glacier in the Rauer Group.

A submarine bank extending NNW from the Budd Coast just west of the Balaena Islands. Plotted by ANARE led by Phillip Law from soundings taken from the MV Kista Dan which sailed along its eastern and western fringes and crossed its southern end in January, 1956. Named after Capt. H.C. Petersen, master of the MV Kista Dan on that voyage.

A colony of emperor penguins located on the fast ice near Petersen Bank, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land. It was discovered in November 1994. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.

The largest and most northly of the Jocelyn Islands, about 3 km NNE of Mawson. The island was included in a triangulation of the Mawson area by J.C. Armstrong, surveyor at Mawson in 1959.

A glacier on the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, flowing westward into the eastern part of Vincennes Bay about 13 km east of Holl Island. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after L.N. Peterson, a member of USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

A very prominent system of icefalls leading to the Stevenson Glacier, on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47.Named by Dr J.H. Roscoe after J.E. Peterson, air crewman on Op Highjump flights in the area. Roscoe, photogrammetrist with Op Highjump and USN Op Windmill (1947-48) made a study of Op Highjump photography in 1952.

An island just west of Browning Peninsula, in the southern part of the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Lieut. M.L. Peterson, USN, supply officer with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48)  

A small glacier, about 9 km long, in the central part of the Mawson Escarpment, between Hay Hills and Sulzberger Bluff. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after J.J. Petkovic, geophysicist at Mawson in 1971 and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972.

A hill about 35 m high between Low Lake and East Lake at Cape Denison. The hill is about 925 m ESE from Mawson''s main hut.

Named by Mawson in 1943.

A small island close to the western side of Shirley Island in the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast. Plotted from photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after R.F. Phelps, air crewman with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

A glacier about 11 km wide, flowing into the eastern part of the West Ice Shelf, between Gaussberg and Cape Penck on the coast of Wilhelm II Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after Emil Philippi, geologist with the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski.

Volcanic head located northwestern Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island

Nunataks forming a ridge about 13 km south-east of Douglas Peak in Enderby Land.

A ridge about 1 km long, about 1 km west of the main massif of the Central Masson Range, just south of Ferguson Peak. Named after J. Phillips, physicist at Mawson in 1962.

The automatic weather station (formerly known as GE03), was established in January 1982. It is located at an elevation of 1850 m.

A rock bluff in the southern part of the Mawson Escarpment, between Turk Glacier and Sheraton Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after Henry R. Phillpot, Leader of the International Antarctic Analysis Centre, Melbourne, 1959-65, Leader of the International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre, 1965-69.

Small island in the Svenner Islands located approximately 3 km WSW of the largest island in the group, Skips Island, and located in southern Prydz Bay