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A sharp peak about 22 km south-west of Simmers Peak in Enderby Land. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who called it Harvey Johnston Peak after Prof. T. Harvey Johnston, Chief Biologist to BANZARE.

Named for Dr. Gavin W Johnstone, Biologist and leader of the ANARE scientific contingent of the Aust. National Mapping Expedition, 1980 who carried out an extensive wild life survey of the McDonald Islands in March 1980. The south-westerly point of McDonald Island. The feature terminates a high ridge running westwards from Maxwell Hill, the high point of the Island. NOTE: The feature changed in shape after the 2003 eruption, however,the name has been retained.

A lake in the Vestfold Hills about 4.5 km WNW from Platcha. The lake is basically oval in shape, and is some 500 m long by 200 m across. It is surrounded by a well developed marine terrace. The lake's water is hypersaline.

A ridge about 13 km long, extending northwards from Mount Olympus towards the southern side of Hatherton Glacier on the western side of Lieske Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after G.W. Johnstone, a New Zealand auroral scientist at Byrd Station during the winter of 1962, who also served as warehouseman at McMurdo Station during the winter of 1964.

An ice escarpment about 19 km NNW of Mount Starlight in the Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R.H. Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and on ANARE aerial photography taken in 1965. Named after W.K. Jones, geophysicist at Wilkes in 1960.

A nunatak about 28 km south of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after F.E. Jones, member of aircraft ground handling crew at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, during US Operation Deepfreeze 67.

Coastal rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Bay of Winds, Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after S.E. Jones, a member of the expedition.

Named for Sjoerd Jongens engineer (electronics and communications) member of the over wintering parties at Mawson (1980) and Macquarie Island (1986) for the Australian Antarctic Division and at World Park Base (1988) for Greenpeace International. Sjoerd cared deeply about the Antarctic and maintained a continuing interest in Antarctica and Antarctic research and was concerned about the over exploitation of its resources. He participated in several Greenpeace campaigns at sea to stop whaling in Antarctic waters. The island for which his name is proposed is visible from Béchervaise Island near Mawson Station and it is likely Sjoerd would have seen it.

A glacier about 28 km long, flowing eastward from the slopes between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain to Nursery Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Lt. Cdr. H.P. Jorda, USN, a pilot with VX-6 Squadron, who made several long-range exploratory flights during USN Operation Deepfreeze 1962.

Beach located on South West Bay between Kildalkey Head and Erratic Point, Heard Island

This group of small rocky islands north of Macquarie Island may have been discovered and named at the same time as Macquarie Island itself. The first account published 10 months after discovery of the Island uses this name.

A glacier about 17 km long, flowing north-eastward from Mount Hamilton to Byrd Glacier, which it joins just east of Mount Tuatara. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Cdr. J.H. Judith, USN, captain of USS Edisto during USN Operation Deepfreeze, 1964.

The junction of the mainland with the western side of the Shackleton Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered and named by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).

A spur at the eastern extremity of the Darwin Mountains which divides the Darwin Glacier from the Hatherton Glacier near their junction. Discovered and named by the Darwin Glacier Party of TAE (1956-58).

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

The southernmost large island of the Taylor Islands in the Bunger Hills. There are cliffs along the northern coast and the highest point on the island is on the northern coast. From there a saddle runs across to another rounded peak roughly in the middle and there is a gully running northwards on the western side of the island towards the saddle. The island was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

An island about 45 m above sea level in the northern part of the Stanton Group, about 5km north-west of Oldham Island. The Stanton Group was mapped and named by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson in February, 1931. The islands were first mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Kamelen (The Camel) by Norwegian cartographers.

A nunatak about 15 km south-west of Armstrong Peak in Enderby Land, about 1500 m above sea level. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Kampen (The Hill-top) by Norwegian cartographers.

A conspicuous ice-free peak, 2,410 m above sea level, 11 km north-west of Mount Gniewek, just north of the head of Carlyon Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Lt. Cdr. R.A. Kanak, USN, commander of USS Durant, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and McMurdo during USN Operation Deepfreeze 1963.