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A submarine bank generally less than 200 m deep and in places less than 100 m deep, located north of Scullin Monolith. It is flanked by deep channels which separate it from Storegg Bank to the west and Fram Bank to the East.

A crescent-shaped rock rising steeply from the sea to 443 m in height on the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Land was sighted in this vicinity of BANZARE (1929-31) during an aeroplane flight on 5 January, 1930. A landing was made by BANZARE on 13 February, 1931.
Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after James H. Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-31.

A point between Weddell Arm and Shirokaya Bay, Vestfold Hills.

A large glacier flowing east between the Athos and Porthos Ranges, Prince Charles Mountains, in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in December, 1956, by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher. Named after Homer''''s Scylla. Mythology - Scylla is a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina, facing Charybdis, a whirlpool on the Sicilian side, both personified in classical mythology as female monsters. (The Macquarie Dictionary - 3rd edition).

An isolated feature about 2 km south-east of Trudge Valley in the Allan Hills. Discovered by NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1946). The nunatak was found to be continually shrouded in drifting snow and was named after the land of the Scythians which, according to the Romans, had this peculiarity in common.

A cove on the eastern side of Fletcher Promontory in the Larsemann Hills, surrounded by extremely steep, often sheer-sided cliff faces.

The beach on the south side of The Spit, Heard Island between Scholes Lagoon and Doppler Hill.

The north-west end of the beach at Corinthian Bay, Heard Island.

A glacier flowing south-east into Edward VIII Gulf. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Inviksletta (The Inner Bay Plain).

Two nunataks about 20 km north of Mount Menzies in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1958 and 1960 from ANARE aircraft. Used as a landmark on the route across the Fisher Glacier by an ANARE dog-sledge party led by D. Trail in December 1961. Named after J. Seavers, assistant cook at Mawson in 1961, who was a member of the dog-sledge party.

A rock ridge just south-east of Mount King, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957. Named after J.A. Seavers, assistant cook at Mawson in 1961.

An ice-free peak, 1,803 m above sea level, which is the north-western summit of the Finger Ridges. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Army aviation support unit for Topo North and Topo South in 1961-62.

Low, prominently banded rock outcrops on the western side of the Dovers Glacier in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by an ANARE party led by I.R. McLeod on 25 February, 1965.

The northernmost of a group of peaks at the eastern end of the Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land, about 39 km south-east of Fram Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after R. See, senior helicopter engineer with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A glacier about 19 km long, flowing into the southern side of Byrd Glacier, just west of Rundle Peaks. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

This stream drains the basin that lies one kilometre east of Mt Martin. This is probably the largest (previously) unnamed stream on Macquarie Island, draining an oddly shaped (fault-defined) valley and reaching the sea about one kilometre south of Waterfall Bay hut.

It is named for Patricia Selkirk, who has spent several summers as a scientist at Macquarie Island and who is the senior author of the definitive book "Subantarctic Macquarie Island: Environment and Biology", P.M.Selkirk, R.D.Seppelt & D.R.Selkirk, Cambridge University Press, 1990. {Australian Antarctic Division, 2004}.

A very steep glacier, between Yancey Glacier and Merrick Glacier, flowing southwards from Mount Aldrich to Bryd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A small but conspicuous knoll about 0.7 km south of the western end of Lake Dingle on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. This feature is a very useful landmark and has a cairn on it.