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A narrow marine inlet about 12km long, between Mule Peninsula and Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. It extends from McLean Point to Ellis Rapids where there is a distinct change in elevation separating the marine and freshwater

A narrow strait in the Vestfold Hills with a tidal race in Ellis Fjord.

A meltwater stream flowing rapidly in summer from the lakes into the head of Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills. The rapids were crossed by an ANARE party who erected a flying fox across it in January 1972.

A nunatak on the northern side of the Scylla Glacier, about 13 km SSE of Mount B+echervaise in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D.G. Ellyard, physicist at Mawson in 1966.

A group of six low outcrops of partly snow-covered rock about 12 km west of Rayner Peak in Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after H. Else, pilot with the ANARE Expedition on the Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.

An elevated, flat-topped mass of rock at the northern end of Jetty Peninsula, Mac.Robertson Land. The feature was the site of a survey station occupied by M. Rubeli, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. Named after H. Else, helicopter pilot with the survey.

A small, dark-coloured nunatak about 7 km north of Mount Izabelle in the Prince Charles Mountains. The position of the feature was fixed by intersection from geodetic survey stations in 1971,. Named after J. Ely, technical officer (survey) with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971.

That portion of the Antarctic Continent between longitude 45°E and longitude 55°E. Discovered in February, 1831, by John Biscoe on the Tula. Named after Enderby Bros. of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their captains to combine exploration with sealing.

Small islands, just north of the Hobbs Islands, off Mac.Robertson Land.

A steep-sided rock exposure forming the southernmost part of the Geologists Range. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Expedition (1961-62). This feature was originally named Endurance Nunatak after the Endurance, expedition ship of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-16) under Sir Ernest Shackleton. The generic cliffs is considered more appropriate than nunatak.

A small glacier between Gibbs Bluff and McCue Bluff on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after R England, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey parties in 1973 and 1974.

An island just north of the entrance to Horseshoe Harbour at Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and by ANARE.

A shoal with depths of less than 20 m about 1 km from the triangulation point on West Arm (Mawson). The shoal extends over an area 180 m long (north-south) and 55 m wide and the least depth is 8 m. Charted in February, 1961 by d'A T Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by D F Styles.

A glacier flowing eastward into Matterson Inlet, where it is about 9 km wide. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Lt. Cdr. J W Entrikin, USN, pilot with Squadron VS-6 during USN Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56.

Ephyra Lake is a small, boomerang shaped lake to the west of Medusa Lake in the Vestfold Hills. In December 1992 the two lakes were joined by a narrow (about 1 m) and shallow (about 500 mm) connection. The maximum recorded depth of Ephyra Lake is 9 m although there may be deeper areas. Temperature and conductivity profiles of Ephyra Lake recorded in December 1992 indicated that a much saltier layer of water occurred beneath a depth of 7.5 m which was accompanied by increased water temperatures. Although the lake is occasionally connected to Medusa Lake it has a quite different salinity profile and mixing characteristics and therefore deserves to be recognised as a separate water body. Medusa Lake is named for its shape which is like a Medusa jellyfish. Ephyrae are the juvenile forms of such Medusae. The lake was named Ephyra Lake because it is close to and much smaller than Medusa Lake.

An extensive ice-free area forming a basin in the Brown Hills separating the snouts of the Foggydog and Bartrum Glaciers from the northern edge of the Darwin Glacier. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63).

A point in South West Bay near the Pageos Moraine, Heard Island.The name was proposed by the British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Exedition (BANZARE) 1929-31.

A prominent peak 39 km WNW of Mt. Harmsworth (Ross Dependency) at the southern end of the Skelton Névé, on the Skelton - Mulock divide. So named by the New Zealand party of TAE (1957-58) because its vertical pitches and platforms provde a ladder-like route to the summit.