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The bay on the west coast of Macquarie Island between Handspike Point and Elizabeth and Mary Point.

A hill which is "halfway" between the Isthmus and Nuggets Point. Named by the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.

A group of five nunataks about 13 km south-east of Mount Bunt in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after R.G. Hall, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1964.

A flat area in the Allan Hills, SSW of Coxcomb Peak. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Dr T.G. Halle, who carried out pioneering work on Antarctic fossil plants.

A prominent rock bluff on the southern side of Sandefjord Bay, about 19 km west of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains Survey party in 1969.

A rock peak, about 151 m high, partly ice covered, about 11 km WNW of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named after G.F. Hamm, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1968, who established a survey station on the feature.

A nunatak, 1,620 m high, west of the Warren Range, 9 km WNW of Wise Peak. Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by USACAN after K.C. Hamner, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1960-61.

Nomenclature Board of Tasmania Regn10642J/ Decn 8776 "Where the coastal terrace 1/2 mile east of Handspike Point meets the steep slope up to the plateau. This is a useful milestone on the coastal track -? it is the spot where the ANARE station first comes into view when travelling from Half Moon Bay - and is known to ANARE men by this name" {Johnson & Kerry, Antarctic Division biologists, 1971}. #C: ANARE Corres: 19710707

The origin of this name on the north-west coast is uncertain but, after its first publication on the 1917 edition of Admiralty Chart no 1022 it was accepted by Mawson as preferable to the name West Point.

A small, shallow round lake which is approximately 100 metres at the widest point, 300 metres in length and 2.5 metres deep in the centre. The lake is permanently frozen throughout the year except for some melt on the water/lake edge in summer. The lake is easily missed when on Lake Henderson and this is largely because it is at a slightly higher elevation. As such, it was referred to as "Hanging Lake".

A group of three small islands off the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them after W.H. Hannam, a member of the expedition.

A high, steep and rocky buttress on Big Ben, Heard Island. It runs north from Davis Dome towards Saddle Point. Named after Francis T. Hannan, Officer-in-Charge and Meteorologist with the 1951 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

An ice-shelf in the south-west of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear in October, 1957. Named after F.T. Hannan, meteorologist at Mawson in 1957.

An isolated, submerged rock about 5 km due north of Magnetic Island, off the Vestfold Hills. Least depth is probably not more than 3 m. The rock was struck by M.V. Kista Dan on 29 January, 1955.

A group of nunataks rising to about 2140 m above sea level and about 300 m above the plateau, in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Named after H.E. Hansen, Norwegian cartographer who compiled excellent maps of Antarctica.

A group of five small islands off the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 3 km north-east of Sawert Rocks. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A bay about 7 km wide, indenting the land between Archer Point and Williamson Head in Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of ANARE on the MV Magga Dan on 20 February 1959. Named after Captain Harald Moller Pedersen, master of the MVMagga Dan during the expedition.

A rock outcrop on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land, between Helmore Glacier and Manning Glacier. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and 1970. A geodetic survey station was established on the feature during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1972. Named after S R. Harbour, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1970 and 1971, plant inspector at Mawson in 1973 and a member of the Prince Charles Mountains survey parties in 1971, 1972 and 1974.

One of the larger islands in the Bol'shie Skalistye Islands, located in southern Prydz Bay.

A glacier west of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Delineated in 1952 by Dr J.R. Roscoe from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Dr Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).