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Translated from Norwegian the name means "The round rock island". hovd = rounded top of rock. Original spelling was Hovdöya with the modern spelling being Hovdøya. 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.

Translated from Norwegian the name means "The round rock islands". hovd = rounded rock / rounded top of rock. Original spelling was Hovdöyane with the modern spelling being Hovdøyane. 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.

An embayment between Ufs Island and Byrd Head in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson.

An area of low hills and melt lakes south of the Beaver Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted for air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after W.E. Howard, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A peak at the northern end of the Daniels Range in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after K.R. Howell, USARP meteorologist at the South Pole station in the summer of 1967-68.

The largest of the Davis Islands, off the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by members of the ANARE on MV Magga Dan on 19 February 1960, when an astrofix was obtained and geological and biological observations carried out. Named after Captain R. Hudson, DFC, leader of the helicopter team of the expedition.

A nunatak about 5 km west of Mount Bewsher in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photographs. Named after Dr. J.W. Hudson, medical officer at Mawson in 1966.

The area of the Shackleton Ice Shelf which separates the mainland from Henderson Island, Queen Mary Land. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 for WM Hughes, Australian Prime Minister, 1915-1923.

A rock ridge, about 3 km long, extending in a north-south direction, about 7 km west of Mount McCarthy in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Named after G.C. Hulcombe, diesel mechanic at Davis in 1962.

A small island about 2 km north of Bertha Island in the William Scoresby Archipelago off Kemp Land.

An island just east of East Arm at Mawson, Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A long low, snow-covered rock ridge in the Goodspeed Nunataks in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. First sighted by an ANARE seismic traverse party in 1957. Photographed by ANARE in 1958 and 1960. Named after Alan E. Humphreys, (then) Senior Engineer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and Officer-in-Charge of the Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972.

The highest peak, 3,660 m high, in the major mountain range between the Nimrod and Starshot Glaciers. Discovered by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61). Named after Captain P.J. Hunt, RE, leader of the Southern Party.

A group of five nunataks, extending in a line 4 km long in north-south direction, just east of Mount Béchervaise in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

In his 1822 map Lieutenant William Langdon, Royal Navy, named the feature "Captain Hurds Point". This was published on the 1917 edition of the Admiralty Chart as Hurd Point and adopted by Mawson in 1943. Captain Thomas Hurd, RN, was Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1808-1823.

A rock outcrop, about 2,190 m above sea level, about 5 km long, about 12 km south-west of Mount Bewsher in the Prince Charles Mountains, Mac.Robertson Land. An area of moraine extends along the eastern side. First sighted from Mount Bewsher by an ANARE party led by W.G. Bewsher in January 1957. Plotted from ANARE air photographs, which show the feature to be larger than it appeared from Mount Bewsher and that it only has a domed appearance when viewed from there. Named Husky Dome to commemorate the dogs used by the party.

The hill adjacent to the station at Macquarie Island. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13 because it sheltered the Expedition hut from easterly winds.

A nunatak about 1.6 km east of Mount Thomas in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1960. Named after C.R. Hutchison, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1970.

A group of two large islands and four small rocky islands in the Rauer Group area, about 2 km south of Torckler Island.

A prominent, ice-free nunatak, 1,760 m high, just south of the main flow of the Skelton Icefalls. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN because of its proximity to Skelton Icefalls.