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A prominent, flat-topped rock outcrop, about 2,070 m high, 14.5 km long and 7-13 km wide, at the junction of the Lambert and Mellor Glaciers in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in November, 1956, from an ANARE aircraft. Named for Dr J S Cumpston (then) of the Aust Dept of External Affairs who, with E P Bayliss, was responsible for the map of Ant. pub. in 1939 by the (then) Property and Survey Branch, Dept of the Interior, Canberra.

An island of rock and ice at the western end of Highjump Archipelago, north of the Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A peak just south of Mount Mervyn in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A peak in the north-east part of the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, which is marked by a large round patch of light-coloured rock, visible from the north-west around to the east. Photographed in 1956 by ANARE. Surveyed by G A Knuckey in December 1958, during a dog-sledge journey from Amundsen Bay to Mawson. So named because the light-coloured patch brings to mind the mythical one-eyed giant, Cyclops.

An elongated low island in the north-west part of the Rauer Group. Named for its dagger-like shape.

A narrow reef or rock, 5 km from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, bearing. The reef is 46 m long and uncovers at low water. Charted during a survey of Newcomb Bay and Approaches by d'A T Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on the Thala Dan, 1962, led by Phillip Law. Named after Egil Dahl, third mate on the MV Thala Dan in 1962.  

A distinct feature that provides access through the ASPA without trampling vegetation. The Casey region is commonly described as the Daintree of Antarctica to reflect the vegetation of the area.

The outermost island of the William Scoresby Archipelago, about 15 km NNE of Couling Island.

A glacier in the Ingrid Christensen Coast, just east of the Larsemann Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE.

An island off the eastern end of the Larsemann Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

The highest peak of the Central Masson Range, near its southern end. The peak, 1,190 m above sea level, rises from a high ridge and is not very prominent.

A small nunatak in Enderby Land composed of strongly banded metasedimentary rocks overlain by more massive felsic gneiss. There is a cliff face on the south side. Named after the (then) Bureau of Mineral Resources geologist W. B. Dallwitz who discovered the unusual metamorphic mineral assemblage.

A rock outcrop forming the southern extremity of the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 AND 1973. Named after Group Captain RFM Dalton, RAAF (Retd) Officer-in-Charge ANARE Macquarie Island in 1953, Aviation Officer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, 1954-72.

An iceberg tongue extending northwards from Cape Southard, which marks the boundary of the BANZARE Coast and the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land. First seen by Phillip Law from an ANARE aircraft in 1958. Visited in February 1960 by the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after R F M Dalton, second-in-command of the expedition.

A small island off the southern end of Honkala Island in the Swain Group, Windmill Islands. The region was photographed by U S N Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). It was included in a survey of the islands north of Wilkes carried out by C R Eklund, scientific leader at Wilkes in 1958. Named by USACAN.

A predominantly ice-covered mountain range,(partly in the Ross Dependency) about 80 km long, between Harlin Glacier and Gressitt Glacier (Ross Dependency). Plotted from air photographs taken by the U S Navy in 1960-62. Named after Paul C Daniels, who was a leading American figure in the formulation of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

A range of high, ice-covered coastal hills overlooking Ross Ice Shelf, trending north-south for about 32 km between Capes Douglas and Parr. Named by USACAN for James M Darley, chief cartographer of the National Geographic Socety, 1940-63, under whose direction many important maps of Antarctica were published.

A nunatak in the Britannia Range, about 44 km south-west of Mount McClintock. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN.

An area of chocolate brown moraine, extending for about 11 km south of Radok Lake and Pagodroma Gorge and west of Flagstone Bench, at the eastern end of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed by ANARE in 1956. This moraine was crossed many times in January-February 1969 by Jack Dart, radio officer with the ANARE party camped at Radok Lake on his way to the aircraft landing strip used to supply the camp.