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A small group of islands located approximately 2km N of Brattstrand Bluffs in southern Prydz Bay.

A rock ridge about 2 km north-east of Moore Pyramid on the northern side of the Scylla Glacier, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D W G Bond, senior diesel mechanic-in-charge at Mawson in 1968.

Two islands off the coast of Enderby Land, about 5 km north-east of Kirkby Head. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956. Named after the Australian native willow (Acacia longifolia, Willd).

A long, narrow range, curved like a boomerang, 57 km west of Mt. Harmsworth (Ross Dependency), between Escalade Peak and the Deception Glacier. The range extends approximately north and south for 35 km. Discovered and named by T A E (1956-58).

Named in recognition of its physical resemblance to the foot of a boot.

An irregular shaped rocky peninsula in the northern part of the Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and called Booth Ridge by USACAN. NOTE: It has the name Charnokitovyj, poluostrov in the Russian gazetteer.

Two small islands about 5 km WNW of Point Widdows, Enderby Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Boree is the vernacular name for species of Acacia found in Australia.

An island about 2 km long in the eastern part of the Øygarden Group.

A small but distinctive peak (1176m) located 10 km southwest of Rand Peak in Nebraska Peaks, Britannia Range.

A small island off the western side of Hollin Island, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after S R Borrello, magnetician at Wilkes in 1958.  

An island just north of Boffa Island in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The island was called Bosner Rock after P Bosner a member of one of the parties from USN Operation Windmill (1947-48) which worked in the Windmill Islands. The term island is considered more appropriate than rock.  

A small nunatak in an area of disturbed ice, about 43 km west of Mount Izabelle in the Prince Charles Mountains. First sighted by J Manning, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. Named after H E Bosse, helicopter pilot with the survey party.

A small island, with three outliers, in Sandefjord Bay, about 20 km WNW of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Ystøy (Outer Island). The island was visited several times by members of the ANARE (on MV Nella Dan) led by D F Styles, in January - March, 1968. Named after the boatswain or "bosun" of the MV Nella Dan, who assisted in sounding Sandefjord Bay.

A plateau in the Geologists Range, north of Mount Macpherson and bordered by McKay Cliffs to the north and Wellman Cliffson to the east. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after A J Boucot, geologist at Byrd station, 1964-65.

With the volcanic eruption on McDonald Island in 2000 this feature has disappeared and is now no longer an official name. It's status had been reduced to "Disappeared". It was described as: An isolated beach on McDonald Island, about 600 metres long on the north easterly part of the Island. There is no easy access to this beach from the plateau or from other beaches. Large even boulders make up the shoreline.

A big hill (158.0 m) that overlooks the eastern end of Crooked Lake, in the Vestfold Hills. The summit is probably the highest isolated rock feature in the Vestfold Hills. A survey station NM/S 261 (a brass pin in the rock) was established in January 1979.

A frozen lake, about 2.5 km south of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. The lake is situated under an overhang of plateau ice, with rock boulders marking the eastern and western shores. Named because of the boulders by the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party.

A high masive peak, standing out from the southern end of the Daniels Range, Oates Land. So named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-63) because a depot of food and fuel was established nearby by aircraft at the beginning of the season.

A group of nunataks about 19 km south-west of Pope Mountain in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after W J Bourgeois, aviation machinist's mate during US Operations Deepfreeze 1967 and 1968.