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A peak, about 2 kilometres north-west of Fremantle Peak on Heard Island.

A group of 11 small, black nunataks in the nivi field above the Byrd and Nimrod Glaciers, 41 km south-west of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered and named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61).

A prominent peak at the eastern end of Knuckey Peaks which resembles a seated figure when viewed from the south-east. The feature was a prominent landmark on the overland route taken by an ANARE party in 1974 from Mawson to Knuckey Peaks. Named after D.R. Loades, carpenter at Mawson in 1974 and a member of the ANARE tractor party which established a base camp at Knuckey peaks in 1974.

A large rock massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The surface of the massif is largely an undulating plateau from which Mount Loewe and Medvecky Peaks rise. The plateau lies at an average elevation of 1,000m above sea level and about 600m above the ice on its northern flank. Discovered by an ANARE party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named from Mount Loewe.

The automatic weather station (formerly known as A028) was first established in October 1980. It is located at an elevation of 1630 m. Named for Dr Fritz Loewe, who in 1937 was the Foundation Senior Lecturer in charge of the Department of Meteorology, University of Melbourne. In 1947-48 he participated in the Australian Antarctic cruise of the Wyatt Earp, in 1950 on a French expedition to Terre Adélie as an Australian observer and in 1951-52 he wintered as an Australian glaciologist with the French expedition at Port Martin in Terre Adélie. The naming of the automatic weather station for Dr Fritz Loewe recognises his contribution to the early development of Antarctic meteorology.

A line of moraines extending along the Budd Coast, for about 11 km, 1-4 km inland from the Windmill Islands. Photographed by ANARE in 1956. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named by USACAN after a member of the 1957 Wilkes party, O. Løken, glaciologist and Norwegian member of the party.  

An island 3.0 kms NNE of the northernmost point of Torckler Island in the Rauer Group. The highest point on the island is 27 m. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

A group of isolated nunataks about 95 km west of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered and named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61).

A beach of shingle and sand on the south coast of Heard Island. The name may be a descriptive one but Captain Thomas Long of the New London sealer Charles Carroll reported land south of Kerguelen in 1849. In the absence of evidence of his active connection with the exploration of the Island, it would seem unlikely that his name is used here.

A narrow marine inlet about 18km long, separating Long Peninsula from Broad Peninsula in the northern section of the Vestfold Hills. It extends from Zappert Point to the ice sheet (eastern side of Breid Basin).

A long thin small lake, slightly curved in shape and lying between Round Lake and Alga Lake at Cape Denison. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

A narrow, sinuous, rocky peninsula about 19 km long, in the northern section of the Vestfold Hills. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Langneset (The Long Point) by Norwegian cartographers.

A rock and ice ridge extending from Big Ben, Heard Island to the east. This is a descriptive name given by the 1948 ANARE.

An elongated area of exposed rock lying about 2.5 km south-east of Cape Charcot on Melba Peninsula, Queen Mary Land. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. The name is descriptive.

A sound about 3 km wide in its narrowest part and about 20 km long, E-W, which separates Broka and Havstein Islands from Law Promontory in Kemp Land. First visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert Dovers in 1954.

A narrow, snow-covered extension of the Polar Plateau to the foot of Mount Longhurst. It is about 46 km long and 9 km wide. The plateau was used by the Darwin Glacier party of the TAE (1956-58) who named it from Mount Longhurst. It was originally called Longhurst Tongue.

A nunatak on the eastern side of Penney Bay in the Windmill Islands, about 2 km north-west of Campbell Nunatak. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE 1956 and 1965 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1956. Sighted by C.R. Eklund, scientific leader at Wilkes in 1957. Included in a triangulation by A. McLaren in 1965. Named after R.L. Long, Jnr., ionospheric physicist at Wilkes in 1957.  

A dome-shaped elevation in the northern Miller Range. It is probably the highest point, giving extensive views over the head of the Nimrod Glacier. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62) and used as a survey station.

A group of three small islands and associated rocks in the Rauer Group. From here periodic watch was kept on the ice fronting the Sørsdal Glacier in preparation for the July 1983 traverse from the Rauer Group to Davis by a field party from the Frozen Sea Expedition of the Oceanic Research Foundation. The successful crossing of the sea ice in front of the Sørsdal Glacier was only possible through repeated surveillance from the Lookout Islands.