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A small island in the south-east part of Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN.

One of the Balaena Islands, off the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, about 1.4 km west of Thompson Island. The Balaena Islands were delineated from air photographs taken on 2 February 1947 by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The islands were probably sketched during an ice reconnaissance flight from the Factory Ship Balaena ten days after the Highjump photography and thought to be peaks. Named after Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Collyer (RNVR), aircraft pilot on the Balaena.

A ridge in the Darwin Mountains between Island Arena and Haskell Ridge. The ridge contains pyramidal peaks and five large cirques which have been carved out of the horizontally bedded rocks of the ridge. The cirques bear a striking resemblance to the Colosseum in Rome. Discovered and named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63).

An embayment on the coast of George V Land, between Cape Denison and Cape Hunter. Discovered in 1912 by the A A E under Sir Douglas Mawson, who established the main base of the expedition at Cape Denison. Named after the Commonwealth of Australia.

"A prominent box-shaped point connected to the ice cap, immediately east of Pchelka Island. Named in recognition of the striking layering in the gneisses, which on close inspection contain intense folds"

A large glacier on the north east coast of Heard Island. The feature was named after G.S. Compton, assistant surveyor, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A large saltwater lagoon formed by the retreat of the Compton Glacier on Heard Island. It is dammed by a moraine but it is impossible to walk from Gilchrist Beach to Fairchild Beach along the moraine. The name is associated with the Compton Glacier named after G.S. Compton, radio operator and assistant surveyor with the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A group of hills between the Rayner and Thyer Glaciers, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named after M A Condon, (then) Assistant Director, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra.

A small dark rock about 8 metres high in the centre of Cauldron Bay, Heard Island which has the appearance of a submarine conning tower. It is constantly awash from breaking waves and spray. With the eruption in 2003 this feature disappeared.

An isolated peak about 1,040 m above sea level, in Enderby Land. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after a prominent member of the South African Government who in 1929, rendered much help to BANZARE during the stay of the Discovery at Cape Town.

A mountain range south of Mulock Inlet on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. First seen by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. The name was used in the report of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09) under Shackleton.

An ice shelf occupying a deep recession of the coastline of George V Land between Cape Freshfield and Cape Hudson. The coastal recession was named Cook Bay by Sir Douglas Mawson after Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia in 1914. It was decided that since the bay was permanently filled by ice shelf, the name Cook Ice Shelf was more appropriate than Cook Bay.

The largest of a group of small islands west of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37 and called Oksxy by Norwegian cartographers.

Mountains bounded by the Mulock Glacier in the north and the Darwin Glacier in the south. These mountains were explored by the NZ Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after Captain James Cook, RN, leader of a British expedition (1772-75), which circumnavigated the world in a high southern latitude; crossed the Antarctic Circle for the first time and dispelled the idea of a southern continent extending to temperate latitudes.

A group of four rock outcrops at the northern end of the Schwartz Range in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by P J Cook and G Treatt on ANARE on 21 February, 1965. Named after P J Cook, geologist with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A north-south trending ridge, mostly ice-covered, which extends into the south-east corner of Davies Bay, Oates Land. It has three prominent peaks. First visited in March 1961 by an ANARE airborn survey party from the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after D Cook, surveyor with the Expedition.

A somewhat elongated mountain with a central peak about 46 km NNW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D J Cooke, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1963.

A rocky ridge on the coast of Oates Land about 5 km west of Magga Peak. The ridge, which runs roughly north-south, forms the eastern extremity of Lauritzen Bay. Discovered and mapped on 20 February 1959, by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after Bruce Coombes, airport engineer from the Australian Department of Civil Aviation, who accompanied the expedition to investigate potential airfield sites at Wilkes and elsewhere.

An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys, about 90 square km in area lying south-eastof Allen Nunatak and separated from it by the Odell Glacier. Discovered by the TAE (1956-58). Named after Professor D S Coombs, Professor of Geology at Otago University, who assisted the expedition.