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A group of islands in Amundsen Bay about 6 km west of Mount Gleadell, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after G E L Burkett, radio officer at Wilkes in 1960.

An island in the Swain Group about 5 km north-east of Wilkes off the Budd Coast. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). It was included in a survey of the islands north of Wilkes carried out by C R Eklund, scientific leader at Wilkes in 1957.

Three roughly parallel ridges running approximately north-east to south-west with their north-easterly extremities terminating at Matusevich Glacier, Oates Land. Sketched and photographed on 20 February, 1959, by Phillip Law, leader of the ANARE on MV Magga Dan. Named after Lieut. Cmdr. I M Burnside, RAN, hydrographic surveyor on the MV Magga Dan during the voyage.

An island about 0.6 km south of Haswell Island, off Queen Mary Land. The island was mapped by the Western Base Party of the AAE (1911-14). Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition at Mirny after a member of the expedition, N.I. Buromskiy, who died in Antarctica in 1957.

Rocks in the Noll Glacier, Oates Land, about (7.4 km) south-east of Parkinson Peak. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after D E Burt, biologist at Hallett station in the summer of 1968-69.

A glacier just east of Cape Torson on the coast of Wilhelm II Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after USS Burton Island, one of the tow icebreakers of USN Operation Windmill (1947-48), which assisted in establishing astronomical control on the coasts of Wilhelm II Land, Queen Mary Land and Wilkes Land.

The lake has a very narrow connection which is one metre deep with Crooked Fjord. The bottom water of the lake (below 10 m) is much saltier than the sea.

An ice-free ridge in the form of an arc about 22 km north-west of Mount Ayres. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956-58). Named after Cmdr. H K Butcher, USN, Air Operations Officer, US Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in 1963 and 1964.

An island in the Larsemann Hills between Betts Island and Easther Island. The island is generally flat with a peak near the centre.

A group of rock outcrops of low relief, which have a ridge-like appearance from Mount Twintop in Mac.Robertson Land from which they are about 4 km north. Named after W J Butler, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1967.

A peak about 4 km south of Mt. Tritoppen in the David Range, Mac.Robertson Land. Mpped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Steinen (The Stone). Renamed by ANARE because this feature marked the turning point in the route taken by the 1958 ANARE southern party, led by I.L. Adams, in order to bypass dangerous terrain to the south-west.

A very large glacier, about 190 km long, draining an extensive area and discharging into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Explored by Messrs Ayres and Carlyon of the NZ party of the TAE (1956-58) Named by NZAPC after Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, USN.

A conspicuous, rocky promontory on the coast of Mac.Robertson Land just west of Howard Bay.

An isolated nunatak standing well out from the western side of Daniels Range in Oates Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64) because of its situation and in keeping with Spectator Nunatak. It was occupied as a survey and gravity station.

A wide inlet with a very narrow entrance in the Bunger Hills, Knox Coast in Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

An irregular rounded lake in the Vestfold Hills measuring about 200 m by 100 m.

A gneiss cliff in the Vestfold Hills facing south to south-east with prominent patches of orange lichen Caloplaca visible from 1-2 km to the south. The cliff is about 2 km long and 30 m high.

An island of the Swain Group, off the Budd Coast. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). It was included in a survey carried out by C R Eklund, in 1957. Named by USACAN after R L Cameron, a member of the 1957 Wilkes party.  

A small oval lake about 183 m long, approximately 7 km north-east of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A glacier flowing northwards into Freeth Bay, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after S M Campbell. Radio supervisor at Wilkes in 1960.