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A small lake about 1 km NNE of The Lookout, in the Vestfold Hills. First visited by ANARE parties from Davis in 1957.

The ship the "Lord Nelson" was wrecked here in 1830. The name appears on the 1891 sketch map prepared by Captain Fairchild of the New Zealand Government steamer 'Hinemoa'. The map was used in the preparation of the 1892 edtion of the Admriralty Chart.

A glacier flowing ENE between Anderson Pyramid and Sample Nunataks in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after Lieut. O.B. Lovejoy, USN, pilot with USN Special Development Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica in 1962-63 and 1963-64.

A small, round island about 3.7 km north-west of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills.

The largest lake and the lowest at Cape Denison. It lies in a depression between the two ridges at the ends of which are Beryl Hill to the west and Petrel Hill to the east.

A tongue of rock about 12 m high projecting from the continental ice edge for about 165 m situated about 44 km west of Mawson. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Lagtangen (Low Tongue). First visited by ANARE western parties in 1954-55.

A glacier, mostly in the Ross Dependency, which flows south from a common nivi with the Prince of Wales Glacier (Ross Dependency), about 6.4 km east of Mount Gregory. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after D. Lowe, a member of the expedition.

An island about 1 km long, 3 km NNW of Plough Island off the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Plogsteinen (The Plough Stone).

An isolated Nunatak about 6 km south of the main massif of the Casey Range and about 2 km south of Woodberry Nunataks. The area was visited by an ANARE party led by I. Landon-Smith in April, 1962.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A large glacier glowing into the Nimrod Glacier between Cobham Range and Geologists Range. This region was explored by a party from the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after W.R. Lucy, surveyor with the expedition.

A narrow nunatak, about 4 km long, in the southern part of the Manning Nunataks, in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and ANARE in 1969. Named after T.S. Luff, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1970, a member of the ANARE glaciological traverse party on the Amery Ice Shelf in January, 1970.

A small island, about 27 m high, about 5 km north of Davis Station in the Vestfold Hills. The island was plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A fairly prominent ridge on the northern side of the eastern extremity of Long Fjord in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Seen by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear from nearby Pioneer Crossing.

A small island 3.2 kms north of the northeastern cape of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. The highest point is 32 m. The island is irregularly shaped. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

It is not known when the term 'bay' came into use as it was variously known as 'anchorage' and 'road'.

Named for the ship 'Lusitania'. The creek enters the sea at Lusitania Bay. Named by Mawson in 1943.

Lagoon located at western end of Hoseason Beach, Corinthian Bay, Heard Island

The highest peak of the Cobham Range, probably about 3,050 m above sea level. Discovered by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). Named after the family name of the former Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham.

An ice covered point marked by prominent rock outcrops, just north of Mirny station on the coast of Queen Mary Land. Charted by AAE (1911-140) under Mawson. Named by USACAN after Lieut. Cmdr. H.W. Mabus, USN, executive officer of USS Edisto, which took part in USN Operation Windmill (1947-48) along this coast.