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A ridge 13 km long, extending northward from Mount McClintock along the eastern side of Hinton Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after R B Forbes of the University of Alaska who made geological studies in the McMurdo Sound area with USN Operation Deepfreeze in 1955-56 and 1962-63.

An island in the southern part of the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast, about 3 km east of Holl Island. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). A landing was made there by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1956. Named by USACAN for Homer D Ford, Photographic Officer US Operation Highjump 1946-47, and Assistant Photographic Officer US Operation Windmill 1948.  

A prominent rock point on the coast of Enderby Land just west of Tayner Glacier. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named because in plan it resembles a pointing left hand.

A small island in the extreme south-western part of the Rauer Group off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1956 and 1957.

A rock bluff about 13 km south of Fisher Spur in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after W L Forsythe, USARP geologist at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68.

A point of land between Bainmedart Cove and Radok Lake in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The area was visited several times in January-February, 1969, by A Medvecky, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party.Deposits of fossil wood were found on the point.

A rocky island about 13 km west of Currituck Island in the Highjump Archipelago, north of Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A horseshoe-shaped rock outcrop in the southern part of the Manning Nunataks, on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and ANARE in 1969. Named after A.L. Foster, electronics engineer at Mawson in 1970, a member of an ANARE glaciological traverse party on the Amery Ice Shelf in January, 1970.

A submarine bank north of Prydz Bay. Discovered by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named after the four ladies on the expedition.

A glacier about 105 km south-east of Cape Poinsett on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after Dr J L Fox, assistant surgeon on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.

A rock ridge on McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains, about 8 km west of Beaver Lake. Mapped from ANARE air photographs. The feature was the site of a tellurometer station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. Named after J. Fox, technical officer (Survey), the leader of one of the survey parties in the Prince Charles Mountains.

This submarine bank north of Mackenzie Bay. It was located by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson on 27-28 December, 1929, and extended by further observations by BANZARE in February, 1931. It was also explored by a Norwegian expedition under Lars Christensen on 4 February, 1931, and named by him after the polar ship Fram.

The northernmost of the Hansen Mountains in Kemp Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Framfjellet (The Fram Mountain). Its position was fixed by an ANARE sledge party led by G. A. Knuckey in January, 1959.

A group of mountains which includes Mt. Henderson and the Masson, David and Casey Ranges. Discovered in February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson who named the individual ranges and mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Framnes Fjella.

A low, snow-covered, rock feature about 7 km south of Mount McKenzie in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after R.J. Francey, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1964.

A group of peaks and ridges about 11 km north-east of Simpson Peak, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after R.J Francis, physicist at Mawson in 1961.

An eroded volcanic rock showing sedimentary ash layers, situated between Rogers Head and Corinth Head on Heard Island. Named after the schooner Frank that was wrecked on Heard Island in 1859. Named after the schooner Frank which was wrecked on Heard Island in 1859.

A reef in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

A small rock about 2 km west of Cape Arkona on Heard Island. The Australian National Mapping Expedition, 1980 confirmed the position of the rock. Named after the Franklin, one of the sealing tenders of Messrs Perkins and Smith of New London, Connecticut, USA, who first exploited the seals on Heard Island in 1855.

A group of islands in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, about 17 km WNW of Casey Station. The eastern island of the Group (Nelly Island) has several rookeries of giant petrels. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and first visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law on 21 January, 1956.