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An ice foot near Cave Ravine, Ardery Island, which affords a boat landing in spring and summer. Discovered in October 1961 by Dr M N Orton, medical officer at Wilkes. Named from Cave Ravine.  

A ravine, about 274 m from the western end of Ardery Island, Windmill Islands. Discovered in October 1961 by DR M N Orton, medical officer at Wilkes. So named because of the cave in the western wall of the ravine.  

A small permanent lake on the S side of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. This feature is named for a series of indentations or holes in the lake floor visible through the clear, shallow water.

A granite peak south-east of Mount Dalton in Oates Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64) who occupied it for a survey and gravity station. So named because the party's first observations of stars were made nearby.

A lake about 650 m long and 400 m wide on the northern side of Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Visited by an ANARE geological and biological party in January-February 1972.

Prominent vegetated ridge overlooking Doppler Hill, Heard Island. Four graves were discovered here in 1987/88 by Max Downes and a search in 2003/04 by Eric Woehler re-located the site. Only 3 head boards were visible above the vegetation in January 2004.

The central massif of the Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land.

A prominent mountain, about 1,770 m above sea level, about 11 km north-west of Mount Hunt. Discovered by the NZ Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after Cerberus, the legendary dog that guarded the entrance to Hades, the underworld of Greek mythology. So named from its sinister dark appearance and its position at the head of the steep northerly drop forming the only route in the vicinity into the Starshot Glacier.

A glacier flowing into the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, Heard Island.

An inlet on the southern side of Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills, just inside the entrance.

A glacier flowing into Ranvik Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump and ANARE. Named by Dr J H Roscoe, after his 1952 study of Op Highjump air photos, due to the disturbed nature of the glacier. Dr Roscoe was photogrammetrist with USN Op Highjump (1946-47) and USN Op Windmill (1947-48).

A nunatak about 3 km east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960.Named after P R Chapman, weather observer at Wilkes in 1963.

A long ridge about 300 m above sea level, running south-west from Byrd Head, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

The largest of the Donovan Islands, about 11 km north-west of Casey station. The island has a number of large Adelie penguin rookeries. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). An expedition led by Phillip Law attempted an approach in Kista Dan on 20 January, 1956, but a landing could not be made because of the shallow water. However, low level photographs were taken from the expedition's aircraft. Named Chappel Island by USACAN.  

A group of nunataks about 6 km west of Cobham Range. Discovered by the NZ Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after J Chappell, a geologist with the expedition.

The rock cliffs 230 metres high rising to the ice cap on the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island below the Sentinel. The second ship to sight Heard Island was the Charles Carroll (Captain T. Long) in 1849.

The westernmost of the Frazier Islands, off the Budd Coast. The island was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Its position was fixed by an ANARE party, on 21 January 1956. Named by USACAN after chief electronics technician F E Charlton, USN, a member of the Wilkes station party in 1957.  

A large glacier flowing north-east between the Porthos and Aramis Ranges in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G Bewsher in December, 1956, and named after Homer''s Charybdis.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

These falls in the Vestfold Hills are 5 m high and are located where the creek from Chelnok Lake runs over a dolerite dyke.