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A large, smooth-crested mountain in the eastern extremity of the Tula Mountains. Discovered and mapped in December, 1958, by an ANARE dog-sledge party led by G.A. Knuckey. Named after Peter W. King, radio officer at Mawson in 1957 and 1958, a member of the dog-sledge party.

A very large, prominent, flat-topped mountain on the northern face of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is approximately 9 km long east-west and 4 km wide at the western end, tapering to the east. It rises to approximmately 2,100m (about 460 m above the plateau). First visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956 and 1960.

A mountain 6.5 km south-west of Mount Dowie in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after Dr. K. Kizaki, glaciologist at Mawson in 1966.

A peak about 1,220 m above sea level, 50 km west of Magnet Bay in Enderby Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Kjerringa (The Old Woman).

A prominent mountain peak about 4 km NNW of Lyttelton Peak. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). The name is the Maori word for 'arrow'. The triangular cross-section of the mountain when viewed from most directions suggests an arrow-head.

A peak, 1,793 m above sea level, 11 km north of Mount Keltie in the Conway Range. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after A. Kosko, Ionosphere physicist in the winter party at Byrd Station in 1963.

A mountain about 85 km NNW of the Ricker Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after S/Sgt. Kring, a member of US Navy VX-6 Squadron in Antarctica in 1962-63 and 1963-64.

A high, pyramidal brown rock 2,059 m above sea level in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has steep sides and two prominent sharp peaks; there is little snow or ice cover above the general plateau-ice level. Sighted by an ANARE party led by John Béchervaise on 27 November, 1955, and plotted by R.H. Lacey, surveyor, at Mawson in 1955, after whom it was named.

A mountain about 22 km south of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. The mountain, which is about 14 km long is divided in the south by a small, plateau-fed glacier. The northern part of the mountain has an area of moraine extending eastwards for about 12.8 km. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after J.H. Lanyon, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1965.

A peak in the David Range, Mac.Robertson Land just north of Mount Coates. J. Lawrence, diesel mechanic at Mawson, 1959

An outcrop rising 150 m above the plateau about 4 km SSE of Mt. Gardner in the Prince Charles Mountains. Visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Squadron Leader Douglas W. Leckie, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1956.

A mountain about 2 km south-east of Mount Storer, Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956 and 1957. Named after W.H. Letten, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A prominent, pyramidal peak 1,737 m high on the northern face of the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named after N.T.Lied, weather observer at Mawson in 1956 and Davis in 1957.

A mountain about 2,220 m high, 46 km south-east of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named after Lord Lindley, a member of the committee which prepared the final draft of the instructions for the expedition.

A mountain on the eastern side of the Condon Hills in Enderby Land. The geology of this feature was investigated by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition which called it Gora Lira (Mount Lira) (Mount Lyre) probably because of its shape.

A mountain about 4 km south of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A mountain with a rounded top rising from the plateau surface of Loewe Massif, in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named after Dr Fred Loewe, a member of the ANARE reconnaissance party in the Wyatt Earp (1947-48) and Australian Observer with the French Expedition in Terre Adilie (1951-52).

A mountain about 2,350 m above sea level, in the Britannia Range, on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after Cyril Longhurst, secretary to the expedition.

A prominent mountain in the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, about 13 km south-west of Cyclops Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959.