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A glacier that drains the N slopes of Britannia Range in the vicinity of Ward Tower and flows N to Darwin Glacier.

A small, steep, rocky island, about 1 km long and 200 m wide, rising about 89 m above the Shackleton Ice Shelf, off the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14), who so named it because of its shape.

A prominent, conical, rock peak at the head of Alligator Ridge. It is one of the highest peaks in the northern half of the Boomerang Range. So named by TAE (1957-58) because of its proximity to Alligator Ridge.

A spectacular, serrated, rock ridge running north-east for 4 km from a nunatak near the centre of the Boomerang Range into the Skelton Névé. Discovered and so named by TAE (1957-58) because of its shape.

A bay just west of Jelbart Glacier in Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed from the air by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Isvika (The Ice Bay) by Norwegian Cartographers. Visited by ANARE parties in 1954 and 1955.

A high rock buttress on the western side of Big Ben on Heard Island separating the Allison and Abbotsmith Glaciers. Dr Robert W Allison was Medical Officer and Officer-in-Charge with the 1949 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A prominent isolated ice feature, about 56 km east of the southern end of the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1960. A fuel depot was established nearby by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972. Named after Ian F. Allison, glaciologist at Mawson in 1969 and a member of the Prince Charles Mountains surveys in 1972 and 1974.

An ice stream on Heard Island flowing from Big Ben down to the sea to the south of Cape Gazert.

A rock ridge, partly snow-covered, about 1 km west of Mount Bunt in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photography taken in 1960. Named after D. Allison, electrical engineer at Mawson in 1965.

An island, about 6 km long and rising to 150 m above sea level, in the central part of the XGroup. First visited by an ANARE party led by R. Dovers in 1954. Renamed after the star, Alphard.

A bay about 4 km across and 4 km long, in the south-eastern part of Prydz Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Hovdevika. Photographed by an ANARE aircraft on 26 August, 1957. Renamed by ANARE after the daughter of Squadron Leader P. Clemence, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1957.

An emperor penguin colony on sea-ice on the western side of Amanda Bay. Discovered on 26 August, 1957, from an ANARE aircraft. Named after the daughter of Squadron Leader P. Clemence, RAAF, pilot of the aircraft from which the colony was discovered.

A rock peak, 2,160 m high standing 3.2 km south-east of Griffin Nunatak in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62. Named by USACAN for Cesar N. Ambalada, electrician with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

A large gentle depression on the seafloor of Prydz Bay to approximately 900 m deep. The feature occupies the centre of Prydz Bay below 500 m and probably acts a depot centre for sedimentation in Prydz Bay. Named for its association with the Amery Ice Shelf.

A broad ice shelf at the head of a large embayment, consisting of Prydz Bay and MacKenzie Bay. A prominent point of the ice shelf was mapped by BANZARE (1929-31) on 11 February, 1931. Further exploration showed that Cape Amery had broken off and floated away, so the name Amery was applied to the whole ice shelf.

A group of peaks on the eastern end of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party, (1956-57), led by W.G. Bewsher and so named because of their proximity to the Amery Ice Shelf.

A smooth-surfaced, melt lake approximately 3 km by 3 km running east-west. The lake is almost completely enclosed by rock and ice cliffs, forming an amphitheatre, with an outlet into the Rayner Glacier at the western end. Photographed in 1956 from ANARE aircraft and visited by an ANARE airborne field party in November, 1958.

A group of peaks surrounding and extending to the east of Amphitheatre Lake, Enderby Land. Photographed in 1956 from an ANARE aircraft and visited in November, 1958, by an ANARE airborne field party, led by G.A. Knuckey.

The eastern of two adjacent bays in the western part of Enderby Land which is 44 km wide in the north, narrowing in the south, and with a length of 88 km. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on 14 January,1930. Seen by Captain Hj. Riiser-Larsen in charge of a Norwegian expedition during a flight on 15 January, 1930, and subsequently mapped nearer its true position by the Norwegians. An ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn landed by aircraft in 1956. Phillip Law led an ANARE party which landed inside the bay from MV Thala Dan in February, 1958. Named by Mawson after Roald Amundsen.

A group of ridges about 266 km SSE of Mawson, in Mac.Robertson Land. They are mainly snow and ice covered, with exposed brown rocks forming the summits. Heights range from 2,006 m to 2,036 m above sea level. First visited by an ANARE party led by J.M. Béchervaise on 30 November, 1955. The name is the initials of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions