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A fairly massive rock exposure with an undulating surface, marked by the extensive formation of stone polygons, about 11 km west of Mt. Stinear in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956, 1957 and 1958. Named after J.R. Rymill, leader of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-37).

A nunatak overlooking the Denman Glacier about 20 km south-west of Mt. Amundsen, reaching a height of about 1,380m above sea level, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after E. Sandow of London, a patron of the expedition.

An isolated mountain about 31 km SSE of Mount Cook in the Leckie Range, Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after B. Saw, helicopter pilot with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A peak in the southern Prince Charles Mountains, just west of Mount McCauley. First seen by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, during a photographic flight in November, 1956. Mapped by M. Fisher, surveyor at Mawson in 1957.Named after Air Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger, Chief of Air Staff in Australia, 1957-61.

A mountain about 28 km SSE of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. Cmdr. A.C. Schutz, Jnr, USN co-pilot and aircraft commander during US Operations Deepfreeze 67 and 68.

A prominent, domed peak on the eastern edge of Nemesis Glacier. Plotted by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in January, 1957.

A mountain with two peaks, separated by an ice-filled saddle, in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. A small nunatak is situated off one end of the mountain. Discovered from an ANARE aircraft during 1957. Named after N.R. Seddon, (then) Managing Director, B.P. Australia Ltd. since 1957, in recognition of the assistance given to ANARE by the company.

A mountain, somewhat resembling a star in plan, in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 17 km north-west of Mount Jacklyn. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D.L. Seedsman, electronics engineer at Mawson in 1964.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 7 km NNE of Pythagoras Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after C.H.V. Selwood, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A mountain about 22.2 km east of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after R.F. Send, USARP geophysicist at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68.

The junction of North Barrier and another ridge about 1.5km north-east of Campbell Peak, Heard Island at a height of about 1400m. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

Highest peak of the ANARE Nunataks. The summit is exposed brown rock but the slopes are covered with ice and snow. Height 1945m. First visited by an ANARE party led by J. Béchervaise on 30 November, 1955. Named after Peter J.R. Shaw, meteorologist at Mawson in 1955.

A mountain in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 9 km WNW of Mount Jacklyn. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after K.J. Shennan, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1963.

A mountain, 1168 m high, on the eastern side of the Pryor Glacier in Oates Land. The feature was used as an Electrotape station during the US Geological Survey traverse in 1961-62. Named after Staff Sgt. J.K. Shields, USMC, a navigator with USN Special Development Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica in 1962-63 and 1963-64.

A mountain about 6 km north-east of Mount Selwood in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. The mountain was visited by geologists from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition which named it after P.P. Shirshov, Soviet Polar explorer.

A mountain about 2 km south of Mount Humble in the Raggatt Mountains in Enderby Land. These outcrops were investigated by geologists from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition who called them Gora Sibiryakova (Mount Sibiryakova) after the Soviet icebreaker Sibiryakov.

A peak, 1,885 m high, 15 km west of Mount Harrison in the northern USARP Mountains. Photographed by US Navy aircraft in 1960-62. Named after G.A.E. Simmonds, New Zealand cartographer, who has been engaged on the preparation of final drawings of Antarctic maps since 1961.

A partly snow-covered peak about 9 km west of Crohn Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1965.

A prominent mountain about 2 km SSW of Church Nunataks, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, on the northern side of the Beaver Glacier. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after F. Sones, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).