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This island features an abundance of dark cross-cutting layers (intrusive dykes) in several orientations.

Proposed by ANARE for the important caves which overlook Eagle Point.

Applied by the AAE 1911-14 surveyor Blake to the rocky point on the west coast of Macquarie Island which forms the southern headland of the feature named Eagle Bay on the 1891 map by Fairchild, 1899 map by Macdonald and the editions of the Admiralty chart based on them.

The glacier flowing from Big Ben on Heard Island to the sea between Melbourne Bluff and North Barrier. The glacier terminates in ice cliffs.

The eastern arm of the Horseshoe Harbour at Mawson. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) First visited on 5 February, 1954, by Phillip Law, leader of the ANARE Expedition which established Mawson station.

The eastern of the two larger islands at the northern end of the Flat Islands. Plotted from ANARE air photographs and ground survey.

A mountain about 2915 m above sea level, 2 km east of Mount Egerton. Mount Egerton was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Captain R.F. Scott, who named it after Admiral G. le C. Egerton, one of Scott's advisers for the expedition.

The easternmost and smallest of the lakes at Cape Denison, about 990 m ESE from Mawson's main hut. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

A rock outcrop about 60 m above sea level, on the eastern side of Hoseason Glacier in Kemp Land.

An island in the Larsemann Hills which somewhat resembles the letter "H". Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37 and called Upsxy by Norwegian cartographers.

A channel between the islands off the Bunger Hills on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A glacier tongue which branches off the Scott Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47)

A gently-rising snow-covered feature, the main ridge of which runs north-east to south-west with exposed rock faces on the south-east slopes. It is about 24 km north-west of Rayner Peak in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after Edward Nash, aircraft engineer with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan led by Phillip Law in 1965.

A gulf in the coast of Kemp Land. Discovered by the William Scoresby Expedition (1936).

A group of islands in Amundsen Bay about 7 km west of Mount Oldfield, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after T. Edwards, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1960.

A nunatak with two small outliers, about 13 km south-west of Mount Downie in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D.R. Edwards, radio technician at Mawson in 1969, who took part in the Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969.

A large rock pillar on the western face of Mount Stinear, Prince Charles Mountains. The feature is in the vicinity of a geodetic survey station established by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971. Named after N.F. Edwards, a surveyor with the party.

A large island to the east of Winterover Bay in the Rauer Group.

A prominent peak (c.1480 m) located 4.7 km north of Rand Peak in central Nebraska Peaks.