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This glacier lies both within the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Ross Dependency. It is about 32 km in length and is situated on the north-west side of Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range, forming an access route from the Marsh to the Nimrod Glaciers.

This glacier lies mainly in the Ross Dependency. It is approximately 48 km in length and feeds the gigantic Nimrod Glacier.

This glacier lies both within the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Ross Dependency. It is approximately 24 km in length and is situated at the west side of the Queen Elizabeth Range, between the Cotton and Bartrum Plateaux. Low passes connect with the Prince of Wales Glacier and the Rabot Glacier.

The sector of Antarctica between longitude 73ºE longitude and Cape Penck (87º 55' 20" E longitude). Discovered on 9 February 1931 by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named by Mawson after H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth (now H.M. Queen Elizabeth II).

Named because of a near-by nesting ground of prions. The name was on the map prepared by Leslie Russel Blake, surveyor in 1914.

A rock bluff in the central part of the Mawson Escarpment, between Manning Glacier and Greenall Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after L.S. Prior, (then) Assistant Director, Geophysics, of the (then) Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australian Department of Minerals and Energy.

A small peak on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills.

A small, rocky island about 244 m high, about 6 km west of Cape Batterbee and 2 km off the coast of Enderby Land.

A large deep lake in the Larsemann Hills with a steep cliff face on its southern edge.

A defile, trending NW-SE, 0.7 km south-west of Collerson Lake on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The overland route from Davis to Ellis Rapids passes through the defile and from this point the first view of Ellis Fjord, Ellis Rapids and Mule Peninsula is obtained.

A long bay lying between the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf and the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and explored in February, 1935, by Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen in the norwegian whale-oil tanker Thorshavn. Called Olaf Prydz Bukt after Olaf Prydz, general manager of the Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening, Sandefjord, Norway.

An undersea channel entering Prydz Bay from the continental slope into the Amery Depression between Fram and Four Ladies Banks. The channel is a gentle depression below 500 m and includes the poorly defined continental shelf break.

A glacier, partly in the Ross Dependency and about 57 km long, flowing north-eastwards to the sea to the north of Mount Sheilds. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after M.E. Pryor, biologist and station scientific leader at McMurdo Station in 1959; US observer at Mirny, winter party, 1962.

An ice shelf with an area of about 1600 square km off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The feature was charted and photographed in February, 1969, by members of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party during a survey between the Amery Ice Shelf and the Vestfold Hills. The name Publications was first applied to a group of glacier tongues by Dr. J.H. Roscoe, photogrammetrist with USN Op Highjump (1946-47) and USN Op Windmill (1947-48), who named the glaciers after polar publications.

A butte standing 3.2 km south-west of Beta Peak, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land.

A small rocky island just south of Cape Gazert on the west coast of Heard Island. The name was given by the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A cirque in the southern part of Shipton Ridge in the Allan Hills, about 1 km south-west of Roscolyn Tor. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). The name is descriptive.

A detached rock peak south-west of Budd Pass, Heard Island.

Named by Leslie Russel Blake, surveyor in 1914 for its distinctive shape.