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A glacier, about 17 km south of Cape Spieden on the Banzare Coast, flowing into the western side of Porpoise Bay. Delineated from air photogtraphs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Dr. S. Holmes, assistant surgeon on the brig Porpoise, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (Later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes, USN.

A rock ridge on Heard Island rising from 200-1250 metres on the southern edge of the Gotley Glacier from the low coastal hills. Named for Ian Holmes, who broke his leg nearby on the Gotley Glacier in a crevasse accident in Feb 1971 on an overland journey from Atlas Cove. He was subsequently rescused by helicopter from the Nella Dan. Ian Holmes on 10 February 1971 fell down a crevasse, due to having lost his ice axe. He broke his leg below the knee. His companions left Holmes at Accident Camp, and walked back to Atlas Cove to raise the alarm. The Nella Dan which was at Davis was instructed to go to Mawson, collect two helicopters and proceed to Heard Island post haste. The Nella Dan had engine trouble en route to Heard Island. Eleven days later, Holmes was winched to safety. [For futher details see Bowden, Tim THE SILENCE CALLING pp331-334]

A small rocky island in the Balaena Islands off the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, about 2.3 km south-west of Thompson Island. The Balaena Islands were delineated from air photographs taken on 2 February 1947. 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.

An island in the Swain Group about 5 km north-east of Wilkes. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and by ANARE in 1956. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Included in a ground survey carried out in 1957 by C.R. Eklund. Named by USACAN after R.A. Honkala, a member of the 1957 Wilkes party.  

A rocky island about 1 km south-west of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Hopøy.

A bluff forming the western end of Bertha Island on the eastern side of the entrance to William Scoresby Bay, Kemp Land.

A gap in the David Range between Mount Coates and Mount Hordern. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). This gap is used by ANARE parties as a route through the range. Named by ANARE from Mount Hordern.

A prominent rock promontory on the northern side of an island off the coast of George V Land. The bluff rises to about 325 m above sea level and is marked by the columnar structure of the dolerite forming the upper part of it. It is on the western side of Deakin Bay. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after W.A. Horn of Adelaide, a patron of the expedition. The bluff was shown to be on an island, separated from the continental ice coast, by ANARE air photographs taken in 1962.

Bluffs on the northern end of a feature just east of Mount Ellery in Oates Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Expedition (1963-64) who found it to be composed of hornblende mineral.

A conspicious rock bluff about 28 km long, extending eastwards along the northern side of Byrd Glacier from Merrick Glacier towards Cape Kerr. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Capt. H.R. Horney, USN, Chief of Staff to Admiral Byrd on USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

The island is in the Rauer Group. It is the larger island between Caro Island and Hyslop Island.

A harbour formed by the horseshoe-shaped rock on which Mawson station is built. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped by Norwegian cartographers. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by ANARE under Phillip Law who selected this site for Mawson station, which was established on 13 February, 1954.

A horseshoe shaped rock outcrop in the southern part of the Manning Nunataks. The nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

A horseshoe-shaped mountain discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Captain R.F. Scott.

A nunatak on the northern side of the upper Starshot Glacier. Discovered by the New Zealand Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named from its horseshoe shape in plan.

A sandy beach about one kilometre long directly below the Nares Glacier, Heard Island.

A glacier, at least 26 km long, which flows northwards into the sea about 19 km to the west of Brxka Island. Plotted from oblique air photography taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skotviktangen (The Stack Bay Tongue).

Glacier draining the S slopes of Ward Tower, Britannia Range, and flowing SE to Merrick Glacier.

A small glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast just east of Amanda Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Called Hovde Ice Tongue by Dr. J.H Roscoe in 1952 following his study of air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Dr. Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Two small islands 5km north west of Hovde Island, located in southern Prydz Bay.