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A group of hills on the eastern side of the Thyer Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted from photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after Geoffrey D.P. Smith, carpenter at Mawson in 1961.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A range consisting of partly separated nunataks on the northern side of the head of the Nimrod Glacier opposite Miller Range. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). Named to commemorate the work of geologists in Antarctic exploration.

The island lies 4 kms off the western coast of Fuller Island. It is an irregularly shaped island which measures about 2.2 kms by 0.4 kms and lies roughly midway between Vertoletnyy Peninsula and Fuller Island. It has steep hills rising at its northern and southern extremities and a gully which crosses the island. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

The peninsula occupies an area approximately 3 kms by 2 kms about 13 kms north-east of Fuller Island and 6 kms south of Miles Island. It is immediately south of the Charnockite Peninsula. The peninsula rises steeply out of the surrounding water and contains one large lake with an island in the centre and numerous smaller lakes. Cliffs form most of the southern perimeter and the highest point is located near its northern edge above Igrivaya Bay. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A rock 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.

That part of the Antarctic Continent between longitude 142 degrees E and longitude 155 degrees E. The coast of George V Land was explored and mapped by A A E. (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, as far as 153 degrees E. Named after H.M. King George V of England.

A group of three small islands in Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land. Two of the islands, joined by ice, were called Tvillingane (The Twins) by Norwegian cartographers who plotted them from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The third island was called Tvillingstakken (The Twin Stack).

Prominent bluffs on the southern extremity of the Miller Range. The bluffs are marked by brilliant vertical bands of marble. Discovered on 26 December, 1957, and named by the Southern Suvey Party of the New Zealand component of the TAE (1956-58) after V. Gerard, I G Y scientist at Scott Base in 1957.

A large, prominent glacier about 22 km wide at its confluence with the Fisher Glacier, Mac.Robertson Land, which it feeds from the south-west. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named after H. Geysen, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1960.

A steep rock buttress on the north side of Big Ben, Heard Island. It runs generally north-west from Davis Dome towards Atlas Cove. Named after L.F. Gibbney, Biologist, 1950 ANARE Heard Island Expedition, and Officer-in-Charge, 1952 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A small island 4 km north of the Forbes Glacier. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Bryggeholmen (The Wharf Islet).

A rock bluff on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land between Arriens Glacier and England Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after W.J. Gibbs, (then) Director of Meteorology, Department of Science, Melbourne.

A reef about 2 km north-west of Wilkes on the Budd Coast. Discovered by the U S Navy Antarctic Expedition (1956-57). Named by USACAN after seaman J. Gibney, U S N, a member of a party from USS Glacier which made a survey of Newcomb Bay in February, 1957.  

A peak just west of Mount Béchervaise in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A group of islands in the southern part of Khmara Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and ANARE in 1957. Named Ostrova Gidrografov (Hydrographer Islands) by the Soviet Expedition.

An island at the north-west corner of the Rookery Islands off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A series of sharp rock peaks, south of Mount Olsen on the Laurens Peninsula, and named after Dr AR Gilchrist, medical officer with ANARE, Heard Island in 1948 and 1963.

A beach of sand, shingle and rock on the north coast west of Compton Glacier, Heard Island. The feature is named after Dr Alan R. Gilchrist, medical officer, 1948 ANARE Expedition to Heard Island. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

An ice shelf on the coast of Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Cmdr. C.R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the icebreaker Burton Island from December 1966 until June 1968, and as Ships Operations Officer on the staff of the Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1968 until May 1970.