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A deep about 28 km long and about 10 km wide in the southeastern side of Prydz Bay off Ranvik Bay. It is wider towards the southeast. It is defined as being deeper than 750m on the bathymetric map and the deepest point exceeded 1200m as measured in 1982. It is 30 km due west of the southern tip of the Rauer Group.

A group of rocky islands lying between the Sørsdal Glacier tongue and Ranvik Bay off Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and called Rauer by a Norwegian expedition under Mikkelsen in February, 1935.

Named after M.G. Ravich (1912 – 1978), a senior Russian Antarctic geologist, active in field mapping within East Antarctica and in describing the tectonic history of Antarctica.

A prominent glacier about 19 km wide flowing NNW into the south-eastern corner of Casey Bay. Discovered in October, 1956, by Squadron Leader Douglas Leckie, RAAF, during a flight in an ANARE Beaver aircraft. Named after J.M. Rayner, (then) Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in the (then) Australian Department of National Development.

A prominent peak about 1,270 m above sea level, about 66 km SSW of Edward VIII Gulf and west of Robert Glacier in Kemp Land. Discovered by the William Scoresby Expedition (1936) and named after G.W. Rayner, leader of the expedition. An astrofix was obtained by J.C. Armstrong, ANARE surveyor at Mawson, in November, 1959. The peak was occupied as a tellurometer station in February, 1965.

A narrow rock ridge to the south of Ross Bluff on the Winston Glacier, Heard Island.

A ridge in the southern part of the Manning Nunataks, which resembles a blade razor in plan. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and by ANARE in 1957. They were visited by a party from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965. They were again visited by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January-February, 1969.

A ridge at the southern end of the Isthmus named by Mawson in 1943 as it is a low sharp ridge.

A horseshoe-shaped surface moraine opened to the north-east, consisting of rock clasts and fine dust, accumulating in an area of some 8.722 km2 on the East Antarctic ice sheet. Located some 12.8 km west of Reckling Peak in southern Victoria Land, the feature name derives from the association of the nearby peak.

A peak, 2,010 m high, which surmounts the central part of a ridge at the icefalls at the head of the Mawson Glacier. Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by USACAN after Lieut. Cmdr. D.L. Reckling, USN, pilot with USN Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6) in 1961.

Small island located directly west of Cape Drakon. Visited briefly as a rest spot on the 1992 ski traverse Torckler-Drakon-Saphozhok.

A rock island off the north-east coast of the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. The island is connected by shingle to the Laurens Peninsula.

An island off the western end of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, just west of Warriner Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

A small island, with four lakes, in the south-western part of Amanda Bay (ASPA 169). It is a feature important for accessing the ASPA.

A triple pinnacle rock outcrop approximately 400 m x 200 m running east-west along the coastline. It is immediately south of Budnick Hill.

Bluffs in the Britannia Range. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott who applied the names Mount Mill and Mount Reeves to two features. The name Reeves Bluffs is considered more descriptive of the area and its use avoids duplication of the names Mount Mill and Mount Reeves. Named after Edward A. Reeves, map curator and instructor in practical astronomy and surveying to the Royal Geographical Society, 1900-33.

An extensive nivi lying westward of Eisenhower Range in Victoria Land. Reeves Glacier, which drains southeastward to the coast, has its source in this nivi.

An inclined ice-covered plateau, up to 14 km long and 8 km wide, located N of Bowling Green Plateau and W of Reeves Bluffs in the Cook Mountains. The feature rises to 1740 m in the E near Reeves Bluffs and descends to 1400 m in the W.

A roughly conical peak, 1,210 m above sea level, to the south-west of Amundsen Bay. It is approximately 5 km across with a steep face to the west near the crest. Viewed from the north it presents a sharp peak with smooth clear-cut sides. Sighted in October, 1956, by the ANARE Amundsen Bay party led by Peter W. Crohn. The name was given because the peak was used as a reference point for magnetic observations at Observation Island.