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A peak just south of Mount Turnbull in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 28 km south-west of Mount Starlight. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R.H. Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965. Named after Attila Vrana, physicist at Mawson in 1965.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A mountain with two well-defined peaks about 57 km north of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after J.N. Vukovich, weather observer at Mawson in 1963.

A rock spur about 20.4 km south-east of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after J.E. Wagner, glaciologist from Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68.

A reef approximately 6 km west of the Gotley Glacier on Heard Island. The name was recorded by HMS Wakefield which visited the island in April 1910.

A small nunatak, with two rock exposures, about 6 km ENE of Dallice Peak in the Central Masson Range. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1960. The area was visited by an ANARE party led by J. Williams in December, 1962, whilst collecting geological specimens and lichens in the Framnes Mountains. Named after R. Wakeford, cook at Mawson in 1962.

A conspicuous area of relatively level exposed rock along the N margin of Britannia Range. The feature (up to 19 square km and rising to c. 1060 m) is located on the E side of the terminus of Ragotzkie Glacier at the juncture with Hatherton Glacier.

A glacier on the eastern side of Porpoise Bay, Banzare Coast, Wilkes Land, half-way between Morse Glacier and Sandeford Glacier. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump and named by USACAN after T.W. Waldron, captain's clerk on the brig Porpoise of the United States Exploring expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

Prominent rock exposures at the edge of the plateau ice on the coast at the north-east extremity of the Vestfold Hills; in about Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Sir Hubert Wilkins landed at this point on 11 January, 1939. It was visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear on 10 May, 1957, and records left by Wilkins were recovered. The records were wrapped in a copy of the Australian Geographical Magazine "Walkabout", hence the name.

A small nunatak about 9 km south-east of Dallice Peak in the Central Masson Range. Photographed from an ANARE aircraft in 1962. An ANARE dog-sledge party led by I. Landon-Smith passed close to the feature on the way from the Amery Ice Shelf to Mawson in January, 1963. Named after K.G. Walker, assistant cook at Mawson in 1962, a member of the dog-sledge party.

A large, wide, snow-filled valley between Martin ridge and Manning Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE air photographs. Named after K.G. Walker, expedition assistant with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains Survey party in 1970.

The largest of three sharply defined peaks south- east of Husky Massif and about 30 km east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after B.H. Wall, ionosphere physicist at Wilkes in 1960.

A group of nunataks to the north of the All-Black Nunataks, about 44 km north-west of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered and named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61). Named for the Australian Rugby team the "Wallabies".

A group of rock outcrops in the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment, north of Rofe Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1973.Named after J.K, later Sir (John) Keith Waller, C.B.E., Assistant Secretary, Australian Department of External Affairs, 1953-57.

Four nunataks, with steep rock faces on the southern and eastern sides and with ice banked up behind them on the northern and western sides, about 9 km east of Mount Storegutt, Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.S. Trail on 22 February, 1965. Named after G.R. Wallis, geologist with the ANARE Expedition (Nella Dan), 1965, led by Phillip Law.

The sandy beach on the north east side of Atlas Cove, Heard Island.

A rock exposure on the west coast, just north of the Abbotsmith Glacier and named after JE Walsh, weather observer with ANARE, Heard Island in 1950 and 1954 and dog attendant with ANARE Heard Island in 1951.

A glacier flowing into the Tomilin Glacier in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after G. Walsh, biologist at Hallett station in the summer of 1968-69.

Two small islands close to a coastal outcrop on the western side of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after the Australian native plant, Waratah.

A massive flat ridge (c.3200 m) that is ice covered and steep sided, located 7 km E of Mount McClintock in Britannia Range.