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A group of nunataks at the eastern end of the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after D.J. Ward, radio officer at Wilkes in 1960.

A rounded rock exposure just east of Howard Hills, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after F.J. Ward, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A prominent mountain, 2780 m, located 5 km ENE of Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range.

Four small islands in the northern part of the William Scoresby Archipelago, off the coast of Kemp Land.

A small island in William Scoresby Bay, just south of the western end of Bertha Island, off the coast of Kemp Land.

A high rock peak south-east of Halle Flat in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Guyon Warren, from whose initiative the expedition was conceived and organised, but who only participated in the expedition for part of the time because of an accident.

A range about 28 km long, just west of Boomerang Range, with which it lies parallel. The highest mountain in the range is 2,541 m high. Discovered by the northern survey party of TAE (1956-58) who called the highest mountain Mount Warren. To avoid duplication with another feature of that name at 77degrees 43' S, 85 degrees 57' W. The name Warren has been applied to the whole range.

An island just off the western end of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by the USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957 and 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

An island about 1 km west of Mitchell Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast; Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN for WH Warrington, photographer's mate on USN Operation Highjump.  

A bay on the east coast of the Island. The name appears on the first accurate map of the Island which was prepared by the surveyor Leslie Russel Blake in 1914.

The name first appears on the map prepared by Captain Neil Macdonald of the ketch 'Gratitude'. The map was published in 1899.

This small lake in the Vestfold Hills lies beneath a steep cliff which itself feeds the lake during the summer melt.

An island in the Vestfold Hills just SSW of Lugg Island and about 3.5 km NNW of Davis.

The largest of the rock exposures on David Island, Queen Mary Land, which is a bluff, about 227 m above sea level, at the eastern tip of the island. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after A.D. Watson, a member of the expedition.

A nunatak, about 1,170 m high, between Prince Nunatak and Van Hulssen Nunatak in Mac.Robertson Land. This feature was used as a trigonometrical station by Max J. Corry, surveyor at Mawson in 1965. K.D. Watson, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1965

A rock ridge, partly snow-covered about 20 km NNE of Twin Peaks in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by an ANARE party led by I.R. McLeod on 21 February, 1965. Named after R.A. Watson, weather observer at Mawson in 1963.

A prominent rock located at the northern end of Fairchild Beach, eastern Heard Island.

A bay about 22 km wide, lying west of Cape de la Motte, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after W.A. Watt, Premier of Victoria in 1911.

A small island close to the coast of Enderby Land, about 11 km east of Kirkby Head. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Wattle is the vernacular name given to over 400 species of Acacia found in different parts of Australia.

A lake just south-west of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.