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A glacier flowing NNW into Amundsen Bay east of Reference Peak. First seen in October, 1956, by an ANARE party led by P.W. Crohn and named to commemorate the great assistance obtained from the Auster aircraft on coastal operations.

A small group of islands off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 20 km ESE of Douglas Islands. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959. This group is the closest to Auster Rookery and has provided a camp site for ANARE parties visiting the colony. So named because of its proximity to Auster Rookery.

An Emperor penguin colony on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs about 51 km ENE of Mawson. Discovered in August, 1957, by Flying Officer, D. Johnston RAAF from an ANARE Auster aircraft, after which it was named.

A peninsula in the southern part of King Edward Plateau, Kemp Land.

A group of skerries about 3.7 km SSW of Cape Gotley, Kemp Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). One of the skerries was called Austnesskjera (The East Point Skerry) by Norwegian cartographers.

That portion of Antarctica lying between Longitudes 45 degrees E., and 136 degrees E., and between longitudes 142 degrees E., and 160 degrees E. Created by Order in Council on 7 February, 1933, and proclaimed on 24 August, 1936, subsequent to the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act, 1933.

A group of rocks close to the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A rock outcrop with a vertical face 366 m long and 158 m high, midway between Delay Point and Jones Rocks on the coast of Queen Mary Land. Discovered in September, 1912, by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14) and so named because of the occurrence of a tremendous avalanche while members of the party were camped nearby.

A group of small islands about 5 km NNE of Davies Bay, Oates Land. Discovered by the S.A.E. in 1958. Photographed from the air on 20 February 1959 by Phillip Law, leader of the ANARE Expedition, on the MV Magga Dan. Law and a party from the MV Magga Dan landed on the southernmost island on 6 March, 1961.

A deeply indented peninsula which consists of steep inlets and headlands. It contains a number of large and small lakes. The peninsula is about 3 kms south-east of Fuller Island. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A rock ridge about 1.85 km south of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Cmdr. C.E. Axthelm, USN, Executive Officer in the Glacier during US Operations Deepfreeze 1965 and 1966; and Flag Secretary for USN Task Force 43 during Operations Deepfreeze 1969 and 1970.

A hill about 25 m high, at the north-west end of a steep, narrow rocky ridge which trends north-west overlooking the main hut at Cape Denison. The hill is about 230 m WNW from Mawson's main hut. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

The largest of a group of four small islands about 11 km north-west of Mawson. In plan the island somewhat resembles a closed left hand, with the palm facing the viewer. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A group of four small islands about 11 km north-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

The peninsula on Heard Island extending to Rogers Head, between Corinthian Bay and Atlas Cove.

An Island about 6.5 km NNW of Archer Point, Oates Land. Discovered by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958. Plotted from a running survey from the MV Magga Dan in February 1959. Named after the Soviet Polar aviator, M.S. Babushkin.

An island about 450m north of Efremova Island. Named after its two rounded promontories on its northwestern coast. Traversed and mapped in 1992.

A low ridge, mostly snow-covered, extending in an east-west direction just north of Mount Bensley in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R.H. Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955, and aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965.

A promontory jutting out from the King Edward Plateau about 0.5 km from Kloa Rookery. The 1977 Kloa party spent two nights camped at this point.

A rocky peninsula connected to the continental ice of the Budd Coast 2 km south of Clark peninsula. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Cmdr. C.E. Bailey, USN, captain of USS Henderson, destroyer escort of the western task group of Operation Highjump.