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The southern-most of the Søstrene Islands in the Publications Ice Shelf on the Ingrid Christensen Coast.
Named by Dr J H Roscoe, following his 1952 compilation from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A wide glacier flowing south between the Boomerang Range and Mount Warren into the upper Mulock Glazier. So named by the NZ party of TAE (1956-58) because it appeared to lead directly into the Skelton Névé but instead drained southwards.

A salt-water lake about 9 km ENE of Davis Station; nearly square shaped, and about 1.5 km wide. The lake appears to be the deepest, and is the lowest below sea level, of the chain of lakes extending eastward along Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1955.

A permanent freshwater body in the Vestfold Hills with a maximum depth of 45 cm and a surface area of 6300 sq m. The lake is roughly round in shape.

A brown rock bluff about 183 m high, on the northern side of Melba Peninsula, about 7 km west of Cape Charcot, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered and named by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).

A submerged rocky reef near Casey with a least depth of 7.5 m. The broken ground forming the reef is 1.5 nautical miles long and 0.5 nautical miles wide. Discovered during a hydrographic survey conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit 1992-93. Named after Deliverance, the 10 m survey boat used by the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit at Casey.  

A small island in the south-east part of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named after D. Demidov, Sub-Lieutenant on the Vostok, expedition ship of the Bellingshausen Expedition (1819-21).

An island about 0.5 km west of Beall Island, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after D R Denison, auroral scientist at Wilkes in 1958.

A glacier 13-19 km wide, flowing northward for about 130 km into the Shackleton Ice Shelf to the east of David Island, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14) Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition.

A dolerite point projecting into Shimmering Icefield from the western side of Shipton Ridge in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who named it after a similar dolerite feature on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

A group of four small, steep-sided islands, about 2.4 km south-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A small island at the western end of the Sirius Islands. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

An irregularly shaped lake in the Vestfold Hills which is about 600 m long. A depot was sited at the lake in 1978.

A solitary nunatak, with a marked needle-shaped peak, lying in a north-south direction. This excellent landmark is about 180 km SSE of Mawson. Discovered by an ANARE party led by Robert G Dovers, Officer-in-charge and surveyor at Mawson, 1954, during a southern journey on 21 December, 1954, and so named by Dovers because a depot was established in the vicinity.

The basin is a near circular body of water tenuously connected to Long Fjord, in the Vestfold Hills. It is adjacent to Partizan Island. The connection between the basin and the fjord is approximately 40 m wide and is very shallow. The ice in the basin during winter is significantly above that of the fjord suggesting that no water exchange occurs between the two during winter. The basin is approximately 400 m in diameter. The maximum recorded depth is 13 m. The salinity of the water ranges from above seawater (circa 50gL-1) at the surface to approximately 120gL-1 at 13 m. Basin water is anoxic beneath 6 m. The basin has been stratified since at least 1991, when the first known sampling occurred and should thus be considered meromictic. The basin is therefore similar to Lake Burton and Bayly Basin in being permanently stratified while maintaining a seasonal connection to marine waters. The basin is named for Patrick Deprez who wintered at Davis in 1984 as a chemical limnologist. In this role he contributed significantly to the knowledge of the lakes of the Vestfold Hills.

A group of nunataks about 9 km south of Mount Blowaway in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Yeoman First Class D L DeRemer, USN, administrative assistant with US Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967-70 who participated in US Deepfreeze operations.

A prominent peak at the southern side of Hatherton Glacier, about 6 km west of the northern extremity of Johnstone Ridge.

A steep gully between the Challenger Glacier and the adjoining cliffs on Heard Island. It is an important access gully on the foot route from Atlas Cove to Saddle Point. The gully starts near sea level and rises to an elevation of over 200 metres.

A steep glacier just east of Peckham Glacier, flowing southwards from the slopes of Mount McClintock to Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the U S Navy. Named by USACAN after A L DeVries, biologist at McMurdo Station in 1961-62 and 1963-64.

One of the Frazier Islands. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The position of the island was fixed by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1956. Named by USACAN after G Dewart, a member of the 1957 Wilkes party.