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A small island close to the eastern part of the north coast of Haswell Island, off Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and called Ostrov Greben.

A small glacier flowing from the Darwin Mountains into the Darwin Glacier. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) who named it because of the green colour of its surface.

A descriptive name for the gorge about half way down the east coast on Macquarie Island.

A descriptive name for the point at the south-west part of Macquarie Island. The name appeared on Captain Neil Macdonald's (of the ketch 'Gratitude') map published in Wellington in 1899 and used in the preparation of the December 1905 edition of the Admiralty chart.

A rocky point on the south-east part of Fold Island off the coast of Kemp Land.

A small glacier in the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land, between Prior Bluff and McIntyre Bluffs. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after A. Greenall, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972.

Two nunataks about 18 km NNE of Krasin Nunatak in the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land.

A ridge, about 9 km long, parallel to Argosy Glacier and 9 km north of Martins Dome. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after C.R. Greene, Jnr., ionospheric scientist at the South Pole station in the winter of 1958.

A submarine bank about 55 km north of Wilhelm 11 Land. The bank was discovered in January 1937 by gunner Krog Anderson of the whale catcher Gribb of the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

One of the Balaena Islands, off the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, about 2 km WSW of Thompson Island. The Balaena Islands were delineated from air photographs taken on 2 February 1947 by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The islands were probably sketched during an ice reconnaissance flight from the Factory Ship Balaena ten days after the Highjump photography and thought to be peaks. Named after John Grierson, Flight Commodore on the Balaena.

A flat-topped nunatak about 3.2 km long, standing between Ambalada Peak and Terminal Peak in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62.

A narrow south-north trending gorge in the Vestfold Hills approximately 20 m wide and 20-30 m deep which runs into a gravel bank at the eastern end of Crooked Lake. There is a small waterfall on the eastern side at the southern end. It is the most easterly of two south-north gorges.

A group of five mountains, just south of Mount Bennett, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after S.W. Grimsley, technical officer (ionosphere) at Wilkes in 1961.

One of the Donovan islands, off the Budd Coast. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The islands were photographed in 1956 by ANARE and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Named by USACAN after Lieut. S.W. Grinnell, USN, medical officer at Wilkes in 1957.  

A group of nunataks about 13 km WSW of Mount Henry in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after M.M. Gromov, Soviet pilot.

A large group of mountains and nunataks extending over an area of approximately 85 km by 57 km in Princess Elizabeth Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1956, 1957 and 1960). Plotted from ANARE air photographs. An astroifix was obtained by G.A. Knuckey on 9 November, 1958. Named Grove Nunataks after Sqn. Ldr. I.L. Grove, RAAF, pilot of the aircraft which made the first landing at the mountains.

Translated from Norwegian the name means "The furrow island". Original spelling was Grovöya with the modern spelling being Gròvøya. Feature first mapped by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936-37 with the name shown on Hansen Chart - Atlas of Parts of the Antarctic Coastal Lands / Ingrid Christensen Coast / Sheet 10 published in 1946. SCAR map catalogue map number 12811. Name adopted by Australia in 2011.

A bay on the coast of Enderby Land about 3.7 km east of Molodezhnaya station. Photographed by ANARE in 1957 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named Bukhta Groznaya (Menacing Bay) by the Soviet Expedition.

A rock bluff on the western side of the Pomerantz Tableland in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after C.A. Guenter, USARP physiopsychologist at the South Pole station in the summer of 1967-68.