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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Information: This search contains results from the official Australian component of the SCAR Composite Gazetteer but it also includes Australia's subantarctic islands.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Krylov Peninsula (AUS) 69° 05' 00.0" S 156° 20' 00.0" E Peninsula
Name ID: 2106 Place ID: 7873

An ice-covered peninsula just west of Lauritzen Bay in Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Third Soviet Maritime Antarctic Expedition (1957-58) and ANARE (1959). The feature was called Poluostrov Krylova by the Soviet expedition.

Kryuchok Island (AUS) 68° 48' 00.0" S 77° 45' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 815 Place ID: 7875

An island about 1 km off the north-western end of Filla Island in the Rauer Group off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped as part of Filla Island for air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

Kulikowski Skerry (AUS) 66° 55' 04.4" S 57° 22' 13.4" E Skerry
Name ID: 2473 Place ID: 7895

The easternmost of the Rigel Skerries off the coast of Kemp Land.

Kulten (AUS) 66° 27' 00.0" S 52° 55' 59.9" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1862 Place ID: 7898

A nunatak about 18.5 km SSE of Mount Codrington in Enderby Land. It has an elevation of about 1,390 m. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Kulten (The Block) by Norwegian cartographers.

Kvars Bay (AUS) 67° 02' 22.2" S 56° 53' 38.8" E Bay
Name ID: 145 Place ID: 7941

A bay just west of Kvars Promontory in Kemp Land.

Kvars Promontory (AUS) 67° 01' 31.1" S 57° 02' 28.7" E Promontory
Name ID: 2221 Place ID: 7942

A rocky promontory on the southern shore of Edward VIII Gulf. First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert G. Dovers in 1954.

Kyle Nunataks (AUS) 66° 46' 59.9" S 51° 19' 59.9" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1863 Place ID: 7966

A group of three nunataks in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 6 km north-east of Mount Hampson. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after J.T. Kyle, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

Lachal Bluffs (AUS) 67° 29' 41.3" S 61° 07' 59.5" E Bluff
Name ID: 183 Place ID: 7986

A group of rock promontories backed by rock ridges, extending from the continental ice-edge just south of Ufs Island, Mac.Robertson Land. First visited by D.S. Trail and R. Lachal of ANARE on 9 January, 1965.

Lagernoye Lake (AUS) 67° 40' 00.1" S 45° 51' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 1281 Place ID: 8006

A small lake, just south of the camp of Molodezhnaya Station in Enderby Land. This lake was named Ozero Lagernoye (Camp Lake) by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.

Lagerphone Island (AUS) 69° 02' 00.0" S 76° 51' 30.0" E Island
Name ID: 140191 Place ID: 20330

The second largest island in the Svenner Islands, located in southern Prydz Bay.

Laird Plateau (AUS) 82° 00' 00.0" S 157° 00' 00.0" E Plateau
Name ID: 2127 Place ID: 8025

A high plateau 22 km north-east of the northern end of the Cobham Range. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after M.G. Laird, the leader of the expedition.

Laizure Glacier (AUS) 69° 14' 14.3" S 158° 08' 53.6" E Glacier
Name ID: 441 Place ID: 8028

A glacier on the coast of Oates Land, just west of Drake Head. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. D.H. Laizure, USN, navigator in US Navy aircraft during US Operation Deepfreeze 68.

Lajka Island (AUS) 66° 02' 15.6" S 101° 08' 51.4" E Island
Name ID: 768 Place ID: 8030

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956. Named after a dog that was used in space experiments.

Lake Ainsworth (AUS) 54° 46' 07.7" S 158° 48' 47.6" E Water body
Name ID: 1201 Place ID:

A lake near Mount Ainsworth at the southern end of Macquarie Island.

Lake Barkell (AUS) 67° 28' 00.1" S 60° 57' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 1200 Place ID: 898

A freshwater lake on Chapman Ridge, in Kemp Land, about 2 km west of Lake Reynolds. The crustacean Daphniopsis studeri found in the lake was the first record west of the Vestfold Hills.

Lake Bennett (AUS) 54° 32' 18.7" S 158° 54' 58.4" E Water body
Name ID: 139114 Place ID:

Small lake north east of Mount Power in the northern part of Macquarie Island.

Lake Bisernoye (AUS) 68° 31' 19.2" S 78° 30' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 1273 Place ID: 1370

A lake in the eastern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, just north-east of Lake Zvezda. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

Lake Blundell (AUS) 69° 25' 38.0" S 76° 06' 33.7" E Water body
Name ID: 1202 Place ID: 1491

A lake on the southern side of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills from which it is named.

Lake Braunsteffer (AUS) 68° 32' 06.0" S 78° 21' 46.8" E Water body
Name ID: 1274 Place ID: 1786

A lake in the eastern part of the Vestfold Hills, about 2 km west of Lake Zvezda. Mapped from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957.

Lake Bruehwiler (AUS) 69° 23' 58.3" S 76° 21' 14.0" E Water body
Name ID: 1203 Place ID: 1943

A small round lake nestled in a wedge between two hills about 1.3 km south-west of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills.

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