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An east-west trending ridge marked by four craggy peaks, about 8 km east of Husky Massif and 33 km north-east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after C.A.J. Gorman, supervising technician (radio) at Wilkes in 1962.

One of a group of rock outcrops at the head of Freeth Bay, Enderby Land, just east of Campbell Glacier. The feature has a maximum height of about 346 m. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1962. Named Gora Gorodkova (Mount Gorodkov) by the Soviet Expedition after B.N. Gorodkov, Soviet geobotanist.

A steep rock buttress running generally north from its intersection with Gibney Buttress towards Atkinson Cliffs, Heard Island. Named after Aubrey V. Gotley, Meteorologist and Officer-in-Charge, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A glacier flowing from Big Ben to the south west Coast on Heard Island. The feature was named after Aubrey V Gotley, Meteorologist and Officer-in-Charge, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

A group of nunataks about 33 km south-east of Mount Biscoe in Enderby Land. Discovered in January 1930 by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them Gould Nunatak after Lieutenant-Commander R.T. Gould, RN, of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, who worked on the British Admiralty South Polar Chart.

A mountain on the northern side of Fergusson Glacier and about 19 km SSW of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. The mountain was occupied as a survey station by members of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64). Named after Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, and because of the dominating aspect of the mountain.

A group of peaks, 1,950 m high, consisting of tall, sharp, twin peaks and two close outliers. Brown rock is exposed from the general level of the ice plateau to the summits of the outcrops. Located about 19 km north-east of the ANARE party led by John M. Bichervaise on 26 November, 1955. Named after A. Gowlett, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1955.

A lake at the northern part of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, near the ice plateau.

Rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier in Queen Mary Land, about 9 km south of Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieut. P.J. Grace, USN, pilot with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

A peak about 13 km east of Mount Riiser-Larsen, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after N. Graham, cook at Wilkes in 1960.

An exposed rock feature rising gently from the Stephenson Glacier on Heard Island. Edward Graham, Senior Technical Officer, Survey, (then) Division of National Mapping, carried out aerial photo and control survey work in the area during the 1980 Natmap expedition.

A valley about 22 km long and up to 2 km wide separating Manning Massif and McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956. The valley was crossed in February, 1969, by a survey party during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. Named after D. Grainger, geologist with the party, who also took part in the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1970.

An island in Rybii Khvost Gulf 1.8 km north-west of Cape Eolovyj in the Bunger Hills. It is about 450 m in length and 150 m at its widest point. The highest point is 22 m. The island was charted 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.

A rock north-west of Beall Island near Casey Station with an overhanging ice hat. Named for Captain Peter Granholm, master of expedition ships Nella Dan and Thala Dan for many years.

A small round lake in the Vestfold Hills about 200 m in diameter. The graticule of the 1 to 50 000 map forms a junction just south-east of the lake.

An inlet on the southern side of Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The inlet has a gravel beach which is unusual in the Vestfold Hills.

A small glacier in the Cobham Range just north of Gargoyle Ridge. Named by the N.Z. Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964-65) after M. Gray, postmaster and assistant radio officer at Scott Base.

The largest of the Mackellar Islands, lying 3.4km N of Cape Denison in the centre of Commonwealth Bay.