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A creek at the north western end of Fairchild Beach on Heard Island which flows parallel to and just south west of the main lateral moraine south east of Compton Lagoon. The largest fur seal breeding colony on Heard Island in 1987/88 was at the mouth of this creek.

A rock in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

A group of low coastal hills extending SSE from the coast near the north-east corner of Casey Bay in Enderby Land. Discovered by an ANARE party led by B.H. Stinear in October, 1957. Named after W.V. Fyfe, Surveyor General, Western Australia.

A ridge extending southwards from Ship Cone in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). So named because of its swine-backed appearance in profile.

An island in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

A bay on the coast of George V Land just west of Cape Hudson. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). Named by the Soviet Expedition after M.I. Gadzhiev, Soviet polar worker.

A broken ridge in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 9 km NNW of Pythagoras Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956.

An escarpment of ice and rock about 15 km east of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs Named after d'A. T. Gale, officer-in-charge of the Antarctic Mapping Branch, Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development, who contributed substantially to Antarctic mapping.

A small island about 3.7 km north of the Shaw Islands in Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1957. Named by the Soviet Expedition after N. Galkin, physician with the Bellingshausen Expedition (1819-21).

A small peak on the western end of Mount Cresswell in the southern Prince Charles Mountains, Mac.Robertson Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1958. The feature was used as a navigation marker by ANARE parties in the vicinity. Named after P.B. Gallagher, Senior Diesel Mechanic at Mawson in 1971.

Two small islands separated by a narrow channel about 18 m wide in the eastern part of Magnet Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Galten (The Boar). First visited by an ANARE party led by Bruce H. Stinear in September, 1957.

The subglacial mountains are within the Australian Antarctic Territory near the western boundary with Dronning Maud Land. They underlie and extend beyond the area of Dome Argus. The mountains were discovered by a Soviet Union Seismic party in 1958.

A small nunatak, lying approximately in the centre of Hordern Gap in the David Range between Mt. Coates and Mt. Hordern. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Metoppen (The Middle Peak). Renamed because of its location in Hordern Gap.

The bay just east of Hut Hill at the Southern end of Wireless Hill on Macquarie Island.

An island about 2 km long and 1 km wide, about 4 km west of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Breidneskollen (The Broad Cape Knoll). Renamed by ANCA after L.G. Gardner, diesel mechanic at Davis, 1958.

It has contorted rock strata which gives it the appearance of a gargoyle.A blunt headland, about 120 metres in height, facing Cauldron Bay, McDonald Islands. With the volcanic eruption On McDonald Island in 2003 the original feature disappeared so the name was recycled.

A rock ridge at the southern end of the Cobham Range. Mapped from ground surveys by the N.Z. Geological and Survey Antarctic Expeditions (1960-61, 1961-62) and air photographs taken by the US Navy. So named by the N.Z. Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964-65) because of the curiously carved rock buttresses on top of the ridge.

A dark rock outcrop, about 150 m high, projecting from the ice plateau at the southern edge of the Larsemann Hills about 1.8 km SSW of Law Base.

A rocky point consisting of garnet gneiss, about 20 km south-east of Cape Gray on the coast of George V Land. Discovered and named by A A E (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson.