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A medium sized lake lying between slight hills in the middle of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. It has no outlet and is saline. One important source of water comes via a waterfall originating in Waterfall Lake.

It is the largest epiglacial lake in the Framnes Mountains of approximately 85.4 ha in area, has a measured depth of 115 metres, permanent year round ice cover and approximately 40 floating boulders resting on the lake ice surface.

Tri-shaped lake wnw of Mount Power in the northern part of Macquarie Island.

An island about 1 km long just north of Flutter Island, and about 4 km north of Davis Station in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A lake just east of Club Lake in the Vestfold Hills. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1954, 1957, 1958) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956).

A cigar shaped lake just to the north of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills. A field campsite was set up at this lake by members of the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party to allow biological work on a pair of lakes named "Jack" and "Jill" after the nursery rhyme characters. There is an associated hill called Tumbledown Hill.

A lake, about 3.5 km south-west of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills, with ice cliffs from the plateau forming its southern shore.

A narrow melt lake about 6 km long at the foot of Jennings Promontory on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A lake just to the south-west of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills with its southern end buried under the edge of an ice dome. Biological work was carried out at this lake, by members of the 1986-87 ANARE field party.

A small meltwater lake between Fearn Hill and Mount Ward in the North Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in 1956 by an ANARE Party led by John M. Béchervaise. Named for Lorna, wife of John M. Béchervaise, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1955 and 1959

Small lake west of Mount Elder in the northern part of Macquarie Island.

A lake, 10 m below sea level, on Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was visited by an ANARE geological and biological party in January and February 1972.

An EW trending lake, about 1/2 km west of Lake Cowan. An important feature on the overland route from Davis to Platcha.

A lake about 1.1 km south of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

Lake Pol'anskogo is in the south-western corner of the Bunger Hills between them and the Apfel Glacier. The lake contains a number of small islands. The island was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

An oval lake about 0.4 km north of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. It drains southwards into Lake Scandrett. The water is heavily mineralised and unpleasant to taste.

The largest freshwater lake on Chapman Ridge in Kemp Land. It overflows to the sea.

A long lake lying between very steep sided cliffs in the Larsemann Hills.