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A narrow gorge in the Vestfold Hills where the Talg River flows into Crooked Lake. The river drops over a 4 m cascade into a slot 5 m wide, 7 m high on the east, 20 m high on the west and about 150 m long. Talg is Arabic for "ice".

A major river in the Vestfold Hills draining from the Sørsdal Glacier into Crooked Lake. The flow in the melt season is torrential and occurs across ice and over an ice waterfall. The flow occurs in a well-defined meandering channel cut in the ice. Talg is Arabic for "ice".

An ice dome within the Australian Antarctic Territory near the eastern boundary with the Ross Dependency. It rises to over 2 300 m and overlies the eastern margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. Named after one of the Titans in Greek mythology. Talos was a Cretan giant who assisted Minos in the defence of Crete.

A promontory on the coast of Enderby Land, just west of Casey Bay. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in November, 1956. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in February, 1957. Astronomical control obtained by S.L. Kirkby in 1960. Visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by Don F. Styles in February, 1961. Named after Sir Arthur Tange, Secretary of the Australian Department of External Affairs, 1954-65.

A ridge on the eastern side of the Cobham Range. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after G. Tarakanov, Soviet exchange scientist, meteorologist at McMurdo Station in the winter of 1963.

One of a group of three high points about 1.4 km south of Deep Lake in the Vestfold Hills, the feature is 141 m high and has steep sides with cliffs to the south and east. The feature was the terminal tellurometer station of the 1969 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey.

A lake north-west of Club Lake, Vestfold Hills. It is the westernmost of two lakes of similar size and lies on the route between Davis and Platcha.

A very small triangular lake, resembling Tasmania, about 0.25 km south of Johnston Fjord on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. The tarn is situated in a steep sided valley near the top of a range of Hills.

A sharp peak, 1,885 m high, about 2 km east of Escalade Peak. Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by USACAN after Lieut. T.N. Tate, USN, public works officer at McMurdo Station in 1963.

Three small nunataks about 31 km north-west of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after K.A. Tate, radio officer at Mawson in 1962.

An elliptical ice dome about 70 km long ESE-WNW and 25 km wide, rising to 2400 m centered about 46 km WNW of Mount Crean, Lashly Mountains, Victoria Land. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79. The dome is one of the local sources of ice to the Taylor Glacier.

A glacier just east of Cape Bruce in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 January 1931 by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson.

A colony of emperor penguins that occupies a flat central area on a rocky outcrop on the eastern side of Taylor Glacier, Mac.Roberston Land. It was discovered in October 1954. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location. This feature was formally known as Taylor Rookery. It was changed to Taylor Glacier Colony in June 2023 to reflect the emperor penguin colony.

A group of small, rocky islands at the western end of Highjump Archipelago off the Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after R.S.Taylor, who served as surveyor with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

A low, fairly flat, rock feature about 41 km south-east of Mount Bunt in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after F.J. Taylor, Ionosphere physicist at Mawson in 1964.

An enclosed bay in the northern part of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The only entrance to the bay is a very restricted passage. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 & 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

A small, rocky island off the northern end of Bosner Island in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The term island is considered more appropriate than rock. Originally named Teigan Rock after B. Teigan, a member of Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A very steep rock feature on Heard Island running south-easterly from Budd Ridge to the nivi of the Fiftyone Glacier.

A small nunatak shaped like a ridge tent, between Brimstone Peak and Ricker Peak. Discovered and named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Expedition (1962-63).