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A rock bluff at the southern end of the Mawson Escarpment, just south of Tingey Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after G.R.L. Rimington, (then) Assistant Director, of the (then) Division of National Mapping, Australian Department of National Development, 1961-66.

A rock outcrop on the coast about 7 km south-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Ringxya (The Ring Island). The feature was first visited by an ANARE survey party in a Weasel led by surveyor Dovers on 17th July 1954. Dovers diary for Saturday 17th July 1954 reads as follows: Wind. Moderate to fresh south easterly breeze. Cloud 3/8 strato cu. Temps Max +1.7 Min -8.0. Barometer 1008.1 steady. Ice conditions. No apparent change. General camp duties are in progress. Storer has been busy on stores lists. Macey on repairs to the AR7. Russell on radio maintenance in the engine room. Schwartz is now very busy reducing tide gauge results for transmission by radio to France. Harvey is at the moment producing the sideboard for the NSB hut. This is to be his chef d'oevre. Stinear and I planned to take No3 weasel on a tour of the local islands this morning to erect survey cairns and collect geological specimens. However the weather looked unpromising in the morning and we delayed departure until after lunch. It was more an experimental trip to see whether this could be done on day trips ex camp. We left at 2pm and worked as far west as Ringoya and returned to camp by 5pm. The weasel gave a little trouble with a petrol blockage. Ringoya was to be our alternative campsite. It is nowhere near as satisfactory as here. Drifts are lying much deeper and there are few hut sites. Geologically it is very much the same as here. We ate steak ex our frozen meat depot tonight. A very welcome change in our diet and appreciated by all. Radio contact was poor in morning but improved later. One trace of seal was seen at Ringoya. It appeared fairly recent, otherwise no birds or animals were see. Storer was nightwatchman.

A mountain about 15 km south of Archer Point in Oates Land. On 16 January 1840, Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold on the Porpoise, one of the ships of the USEE under Wilkes, reported a large, dark, rounded object resembling a mountain in this direction. The feature was plotted on Wilkes' chart in about 67 degrees S., 158 degrees E. It has not been possible to positively identify the feature names Ringgold's Knoll by Wilkes and the name has therefore been arbitarily applied to this feature.

A small lake in the Vestfold Hills, approximately 200 m long with prominent sand banks on the western side and a hill to the north.

A small glacier, just east of the Seaton Glacier, flowing southwards into King Edward Ice Shelf, Enderby Land. Photographed from ANARE Aircraft in 1956.

A well defined point on a large, flat, rock feature extending northwards from Amery Peaks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960.Named after F.A. Ritchie, cook at Mawson in 1965.

Point near Davis station in the station recreation limits at the southern entrance to Heidemann Bay

Feature first named by Russia and adopted by Australia in 2011. It is shown on Russian map Gaussberg - scale 1:200,000 and SCAR map catalogue number 2819.

A conspicuous landmark 19 km south of Mulgrew Nunatak and 7 km north-west of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). So named by the expedition because of the important role of the nunatak played as a landmark for manhauling sledge journeys and for aircraft flights which supported the expedition and always landed there.

The eastern of two glaciers entering the southern part of King Edward Ice Shelf in Kemp Land. Seen by Robert Dovers and G. Schwartz in 1954 whilst carrying out a sledge journey and survey in Edward VIII Gulf.

The W-most (c. 1300 m) in a series of large rock buttresses on the S side of Darwin Glacier between Alley Glacier and Gaussiran Glacier.

A body of water between Mitchell Peninsula and Pidgeon Island and Warrington Island in the Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after R.A. Robertson, glaciologist at Wilkes in 1958.

A boat landing on the northern side of Ardery Island, near the western end. A landing was first made at this place by Phillip Law and an ANARE party from the launch MacPherson Robertson on 9 January 1961. Named after N.N. Robertson of Melbourne, the donor of the launch.

A small nunatak about 44 km north-east of Clemence Massif, on the eastern side of the Lambert Glacier. Photographed by ANARE in 1958. Sighted and mapped by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains surveys of 1969 and 1971. Named after M.J. Robertson, geophysicist at Mawson in 1970, who took part in the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971.

A glacier flowing into the Kooperatsiya Ice Piedmont (Ross Dependency) in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after G. Robilliard, USARP biologist at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68.

A bay, some 15 km wide where the Denman Glacier sweeps past it, on the south-eastern side of Davis Peninsula, Queen Mary Land.

A glacier on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land between Merritt Island and Reist Rocks. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after R.P. Robinson, purser's steward on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

A group of islands about 19 km west of Cape Daly in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on about 13 February 1931 by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Mr W.S. Robinson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition.

A rocky outcrop, connected to the continental ice of the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Lieutenant Commander F.G. Robinson, USN, aerological officer with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48) .

A submerged offshore rock to the north of Black Rock and Morgan Island, Heard Island. The feature is shown as Sunken Rock on Hydrographic Chart AUS 08.