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A prominent point to the north of Sandell Bay on the west coast of Macquarie Island.

An area of sea off the coasts of Queen Mary Land and Wilhelm II Land, between the Shackleton Ice Shelf and the West Ice Shelf.

A nunatak about 6 km SSE of Mount Peter in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.Named after P L Dawson, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1964.

A piedmont glacier about 22 km wide flowing into the south-western side of Porpoise Bay on the Banzare Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump. Named by USACAN after E.H. DeHaven, acting master on the sloop Vincennes, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C Wilkes, USN.

A glacier on the south coast near Long Beach. Named after Warwick Deacock, a member of the 1963 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

A wide, open bay on the coast of George V Land, just west of Cape Freshfield. Roughly delineated by the Far East Sledging Party of AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia in 1910.

A peak of the Scott Mountains in Enderby Land. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson on 13 or 14 January, 1930. Named after Frank Debenham, geologist with the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott.

The southern-most of the Søstrene Islands in the Publications Ice Shelf on the Ingrid Christensen Coast.
Named by Dr J H Roscoe, following his 1952 compilation from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A wide glacier flowing south between the Boomerang Range and Mount Warren into the upper Mulock Glazier. So named by the NZ party of TAE (1956-58) because it appeared to lead directly into the Skelton Névé but instead drained southwards.

A salt-water lake about 9 km ENE of Davis Station; nearly square shaped, and about 1.5 km wide. The lake appears to be the deepest, and is the lowest below sea level, of the chain of lakes extending eastward along Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). First visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1955.

A permanent freshwater body in the Vestfold Hills with a maximum depth of 45 cm and a surface area of 6300 sq m. The lake is roughly round in shape.

A brown rock bluff about 183 m high, on the northern side of Melba Peninsula, about 7 km west of Cape Charcot, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered and named by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).

A submerged rocky reef near Casey with a least depth of 7.5 m. The broken ground forming the reef is 1.5 nautical miles long and 0.5 nautical miles wide. Discovered during a hydrographic survey conducted by the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit 1992-93. Named after Deliverance, the 10 m survey boat used by the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit at Casey.  

A small island in the south-east part of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named after D. Demidov, Sub-Lieutenant on the Vostok, expedition ship of the Bellingshausen Expedition (1819-21).

An island about 0.5 km west of Beall Island, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after D R Denison, auroral scientist at Wilkes in 1958.

A glacier 13-19 km wide, flowing northward for about 130 km into the Shackleton Ice Shelf to the east of David Island, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14) Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition.

A dolerite point projecting into Shimmering Icefield from the western side of Shipton Ridge in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who named it after a similar dolerite feature on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

A group of four small, steep-sided islands, about 2.4 km south-west of Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A small island at the western end of the Sirius Islands. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

An irregularly shaped lake in the Vestfold Hills which is about 600 m long. A depot was sited at the lake in 1978.