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An icefield between the Shipton and Tilman Ridges in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). So named because of the lustre it had when viewed against the sun.

A conical peak about 2 km south of Townrow Peak on the Tilman Ridge in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after a similarly shaped peak in the Hokonui Hills, New Zealand.

A nunatak about 7.4 km south-west of Lee Nunatak in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. The name is descriptive of the shape of the feature in plan.

A ridge forming the north-eastern arm of the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Eric Shipton, Himalayan mountaineer, because of his association with Prof. Odell, after whom the adjacent Odell Glacier was named.

A rocky island just off Bailey Peninsula in the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A wide bay, just east of Weddell Arm, on the northern side of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

The easternmost point of the island is about 0.3 kms due south of the southwesternmost point of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. The island lies due south and parallel to Flag Island. The highest point is 41 m and it is irregularly shaped. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A nunatak lying between the Ricker Hills and Pape Rock in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62.

A small bay south of Cape Kosistyy on the eastern side of Freeth Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named Bukhta Sibiryachka (Siberian Bay) by the Soviet Expedition.

An oblong shaped rock outcrop on the northern margin of the Sørsdal Glacier on the fringe of the Vestfold Hills.

A glacier about 22 km long, flowing eastward from the slopes of Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to Nursery Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A group of four rocky peaks about 22 km south-east of Cape Close in Enderby Land. Discovered on 13 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after R.G. Simmers, meteorologist with the expedition.

A rock ridge, arc-shaped in plan, about 15 km south-east of Husky Massif and 30 km north-east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after M.J. Simon, radio officer at Wilkes in 1962.

A peak in the Scott Mountains in Enderby Land. Discovered on 14 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Dr. G.C. Simpson, meteorologist on Scott's last expedition. Position fixed by J.C. Armstrong of ANARE in 1959.

An isolated, sharp, serrated ridge about 1 km south of Mount Twintop in Mac.Robertson Land. Named for C.R. Simpson, electronics engineer at Mawson in 1967.

A high ice-covered island on the western side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Plotted as a peninsula from ANARE air photographs. An astrofix was obtained at Trost Rocks, a rock outcrop on the north-eastern side of the island by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson in 1962. The feature was found to be an island by a party from the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. Named after M. Single, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1962, a member of the field party which first visited the area.

A group of islands in the northern part of the Øygarden Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Nordxyane (The Northern Islands).

A prominent rocky point at the north-western extremity of Bell Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skagen by Norwegian cartographers. The name possibly comes from the feature of the same name in the extreme north of Denmark.

A nunatak about 1300 m above sea level, about 7.4 km west of Mount Bride in Enderby Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 91936-37) and called Skarvet (The Naked Rock) by Norwegian cartographers.

Prominent icefalls extending in an arc some 28 km from Portal Mountain to the northern end of the Warren Range. Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by USACAN because of its association with Skelton Névé and Skelton Glacier.