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A bay between Tottan Head and Gorilla Head Rock on the north-east coast of Wireless Hill. It was a popular spot for the goats introduced to the Island in 1948 to camp. Goats are no longer on the Island.

A linear rocky eminence, 0.8 mi long, which extends in a NW-SE direction along the E side of Browning Peninsula, at the S end of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by USN OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Burton D. Goldenberg, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station Party of 1962. Adopted from the USA gazetteer.  

A ridge extending from Mount Henderson on the north-eastern side. A high point on this ridge was used as a tellurometer station by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson, in January, 1962. Named after Robert W. Goldsworthy, field assistant (survey) on the ANARE Expedition, on the MV Nella Dan, (1962).

A partly snow-covered rock ridge situated about 11 km south-west of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after A.W. Goodall, diesel mechanic at Macquarie Island in 1962 and Davis in 1964.

A group of three rows of nunataks, oriented approximately east-west and 19-28 km long, at the western end of the Fisher Glacier. Discovered by the ANARE southern seismic party led by K.B. Mather in January, 1958; first visited by a weasel party led by M. Mellor. Named after M.J. Goodspeed, geophysicist at Mawson in 1957.

A group of mountains and hills about 1220 m above sea level in the Britannia Range, about 22 km south-east of Mount Reeves on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott.

The most central and highest peak in the Brown Range, Mac.Robertson Land. It is about 1,484 m above sea level. This peak is one of the two peaks plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Sortindane (The South Mountain Peaks) by Norwegian cartographers. It was used as an unoccupied Trigonometrical station by Max J. Corry, surveyor at Mawson in 1965. Named for P.J. Gordon, radio technician at Mawson in 1965.

A small island in the Haswell Islands, about 6 km SSW of Haswell Island. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and named after D. Gorev, a member of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott.

A peak south of Mt Hughes in the Cook Mountains, Eastern AAT. The peak is sandstone with dolerite intrusions and is a sharp summit ridge.

A descriptive name proposed by an early Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition.

An east-west trending ridge marked by four craggy peaks, about 8 km east of Husky Massif and 33 km north-east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after C.A.J. Gorman, supervising technician (radio) at Wilkes in 1962.

One of a group of rock outcrops at the head of Freeth Bay, Enderby Land, just east of Campbell Glacier. The feature has a maximum height of about 346 m. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1962. Named Gora Gorodkova (Mount Gorodkov) by the Soviet Expedition after B.N. Gorodkov, Soviet geobotanist.

A steep rock buttress running generally north from its intersection with Gibney Buttress towards Atkinson Cliffs, Heard Island. Named after Aubrey V. Gotley, Meteorologist and Officer-in-Charge, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A glacier flowing from Big Ben to the south west Coast on Heard Island. The feature was named after Aubrey V Gotley, Meteorologist and Officer-in-Charge, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

A group of nunataks about 33 km south-east of Mount Biscoe in Enderby Land. Discovered in January 1930 by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them Gould Nunatak after Lieutenant-Commander R.T. Gould, RN, of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, who worked on the British Admiralty South Polar Chart.

A mountain on the northern side of Fergusson Glacier and about 19 km SSW of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. The mountain was occupied as a survey station by members of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64). Named after Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, and because of the dominating aspect of the mountain.

A group of peaks, 1,950 m high, consisting of tall, sharp, twin peaks and two close outliers. Brown rock is exposed from the general level of the ice plateau to the summits of the outcrops. Located about 19 km north-east of the ANARE party led by John M. Bichervaise on 26 November, 1955. Named after A. Gowlett, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1955.

A lake at the northern part of Long Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, near the ice plateau.

Rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier in Queen Mary Land, about 9 km south of Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieut. P.J. Grace, USN, pilot with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

A peak about 13 km east of Mount Riiser-Larsen, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after N. Graham, cook at Wilkes in 1960.