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A peak between Outpost Nunataks and Tent Rock. Discovered by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962-63, who so named it because of its colouring, which suggested hellfire and brimstone.

A range of mountains lying to the north of Barne Inlet, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named after HMS Britannia, a naval college in England, which had been attended by many officers of Scott's Expedition.

A rocky peninsula extending west from the main section of the Vestfold Hills on Ingrid Christensen Coast.

A gully about 2 km south of Windwhistle Peak in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who named it after the dialect name for a badger because of the resemblance to badger country in parts of England.

A partly snow-covered rock ridge, about 2 km south of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after F J Brocklehurst, electrical fitter at Mawson in 1964.

A rocky island about 7 km long and 6 km wide, about 4 km north of Law Promontory in Kemp Land. First visited by an ANARE party led by R Dovers in 1954.

A large rock peninsula on the eastern extremity of the Larsemann Hills.

A rocky point on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land, about 11 km north-west of Mallory Point. Mapped from ANARE air photographs.

A point on the east coast of Macquarie Island.

A bay 1 kilometre to the north-east of Casey Station on Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands.Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (1956,1962 and 1963).

A glacier just south of Round Hill on Heard Island.

A group of mainly snow-free hills on the northern side of the lower reaches of the Darwin Glacier. Named by the Darwin Glacier Party of TAE (1956-58) because of their colour.

A saltwater lagoon on Heard Island formed by the retreat of the Brown Glacier. In 1992 it was possible to walk along the moraine dam beside the lagoon from Fairchild Beach to Skua Beach. Named in association with the Brown Glacier which was named after K G Brown, a biologist with the 1951 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A group of seven peaks about 4 km south of Mt. Twintop in Mac.Robertson Land. Two of the peaks were maped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Sortindane (The South Mountain Peaks). Named for D A Brown, radio operator at Mawson in 1958. The location is for the middle of the range where the altitdue is 1467 metres with the highest point in the range at Gordon Peak with an altitdue of 1484 metres.

A rocky outcrop connected to the continental ice on the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Cmdr C L Browning, USN, chief staff officer with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

A glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast flowing into Ranvik Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE. Named after Lieut. E. P Brown, USN, photographic officer with Operation Highjump.

An elevated area of the ocean floor. Discovered on 14 January, 1914 by Captain J K Davis in the SY Aurora, expedition ship of AAE (1911-14). Named after Dr W S Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-4).

A group of nunataks about 11 km north of Mount Morrison in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. The geology of the nunataks was investigated by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition which named them after the Russian Polar explorer G L Brusilov.

A small nunatak, with two peaks, about 19 km NNW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after R A Bryse, topographic draughtsman with the (then) Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development, who contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps.

A sheltered bay on the western side of the Mertz Glacier Tongue, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after J Y Buchanan, a patron of the expedition and a former member of the Challenger Expedition (1872-1876).