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A glacier on the Banzare Coast flowing northwards into the southern side of Paulding Bay. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump. Named by USACAN after E. Thompson, midshipman on the sloop Peacock, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes, USN.

The largest of the Balaena Islands,situated about 1,000 m from the Budd Coast. A cairn has been built on the highest point. The island consists of two rocky knolls separated by a low saddle of snow. The island may actually be two, connected by ice. It is one of the islands sighted by the Balaena. Photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump. The first landing was carried out by Phillip Law and an ANARE party on 19 January 1956. Named after R.H.J. Thompson, (then) Administrative Officer, Antarctic Division, Melbourne, second-in-command of relief expeditions to Heard Island, Macquarie Island and Mawson.

A mountain, 2,350 m, standing 8 km south of Mt. McKerrow in the south-west part of the Surveyors Range.

A peak just south of Ringgold Knoll, Oates Land. Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law on 20 February 1959 during the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan. Named after R.H.J. Thompson, (then) Administrative Officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, second-in-command of several ANARE Expeditions to the Antarctic.

A rock massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains, from which rise Mount Sundberg and Mount McGregor. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after R.B. Thomson, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1962. Added by Mapping Officer 1/02/2008 and copied from Antarctic New Zealand web site ROBERT BADEN THOMSON 1927-2008, OBE, POLAR MEDAL Former long-serving Director Bob Thomson died at his home in the United States on 3 January 2008. RBT (Bob) Thomson was the Director of the DSIR Antarctic Division from 1965 to 1988. In all he made 78 trips to Antarctica and received numerous NZ and international honours for his work including: The Antarctic Service Medal of the United States in recognition of valuable contributions to exploration and scientific achievement under the U.S. Antarctic Research Program; The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays conferred by his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan; The Antarctic Service Medallion for service with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions on behalf of the Government of Australia. Bob was also very influential in improving air safety in Antarctica after the Erebus Disaster in 1979. In 2005 one of the main blocks at Scott Base was named the Thomson Building, acknowledging his immense contribution to New Zealands standing in Antarctica, and to the New Zealand base in particular. Two geographical features Thomson Peak and Thomson Massif are also named in his honour.

A group of small islands about 13 km off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land between Campbell Head and Cape Simpson. The islands were probably discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. They were charted by Norwegian whalers who called them Thorfinnxyane (The Thorfinn Islands).

The largest island in the north-east part of the Robinson Group off Mac.Robertson Land. This and other islands about it were sighted in late January, 1931, from the Norwegian whaler Thorgaut. They were plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named after the ship Thorgaut.

Three almost parallel ridges, about 33 km west of Mount Bennett, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after A. Thorp, electrical fitter at Wilkes in 1961.

A point located southeast of Powell Point, Vestfold Hills.

Named after its narrow elongate shape. It is heavily cut by deformed black dykes.

A prominent peak on Lied Promontory in the Larsemann Hills. There is a permanent survey mark on the summit which is sumounted by a rock cairn.

Three Nunataks, one of which has an altitude of 2,190 m above sea level, about 6 km south-west of Haven Nunatak. Discovered and named by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58).

A prominent rocky bluff which is the eastern most outcrop of the Vestfold Hills. It is surrounded by ice and snow and is, in effect the last outcrop as one travels up onto the plateau.

An island 3km NE of Sted Island, located in southern Prydz Bay.

A tributary glacier of the Rayner Glacier in Enderby Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the RAAF Antarctic Flight in 1956.

A rock in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

The creek in the Vestfold Hills is a seasonal feature as it flows for about 5 months each year. At other times lakes remain in basins separated by sections of dry river bed or ice filled channels. The creek flows between Chelnok Lake and Crooked Lake.

A hill 91 m high surrounded by hills 40-60 m high. It is a prominent hill in the Vestfold Hills.

This river in the Vestfold Hills is a seasonal feature as it flows for about 5 months each year, at other times lakes remain in basins separated by sections of dry river bed or ice filled channels. The river flows between Crooked Lake and Druzhby Lake.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.