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The clearly defined bay lying between Rockhopper Point to the south and Cape Toutcher to the north. The name has been in regular use by rangers visiting the area for control of feral animals, and by others, for the past year.

A glacial stream emanating from Stephenson Glacier on Heard Island and flowing around the base of the bluffs east of Scarlett Hill.

A glacier in the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment flowing into the Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after Bryan Rofe, Director of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, from October 1970 until his death in August, 1971.

Rogataja Hill is 3.6 km to the ENE of Oasis Station in the Bunger Hills. It is a conical hill with a prominent ridge trending away to the north-east. The feature was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

The strait runs east off the Edisto Channel between the north-eastern tip of Thomas Island and the western part of the Charnockite Peninsula. At its narrowest between the two landforms it is 0.4 kms wide. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A glacier about 19 km wide, flowing north-west into the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).Named after Lieut. Cmdr. W.J. Rogers, USN, commander of an aircraft which photographed the area during Operation Highjump.

The headland at the northern extremity of the Azorella Peninsula, Heard Island. Captain E. Darwin Rogers of New London, Connecticut, USA was the first sealer to operate on the Island (1855). Henry Rogers wintered with a sealing gang in 1857. The name appears on Challenger's chart. Captain E. Darwin Rogers of New London, Connecticut, USA, an early sealer.

A breached lagoon located at the northern end of Laurens Peninsula, northwest Heard Island.

A creek named by Mawson in 1943. It is a branch of Nuggets Creek along which the Royal Penguins proceed to their highland rookery.

A group of small islands and rocks in the western part of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). One of the group was called Innerskjera (The Inner Skerry). Visited by ANARE sledging parties in 1954 and 1955.

A lake, almost circular in shape, just cut off from the sea, at the western end of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974.

A high sandstone feature south-west of Warren Peak in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after a similar feature in Anglesey, Wales.

A low ice ridge with exposed rock along the crest, about 111 km south of Mount Newton in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted from an ANARE aircraft on a flight to Komsolol'skiy Peak during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1972.

The westernmost skerry of Rigel Skerries off Kemp Land.

An exposed rock feature on the Winston Glacier, Heard Island with a sharp drop on the eastern side. Captain D L Ross was the pilot of the Hughes 500 Helicopter on the 1980 Natmap Expedition.

A semi-circular bay about 6 km wide on the south-east side of Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land.

A hill about 382m high on the north east coast between the Compton Glacier and the Brown Glacier, Heard Island. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

A small near circular lake at Cape Denison. It is the westernmost lake on the cape and nearest the hut. The lake is about 200 m ESE from Mawson's main hut.

A group of four small islands, about 2 km south of Welch Island, off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 13 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. They have since been found to be islands.