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The island is in the Rauer Group. It is the larger island between Caro Island and Hyslop Island.

A harbour formed by the horseshoe-shaped rock on which Mawson station is built. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped by Norwegian cartographers. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by ANARE under Phillip Law who selected this site for Mawson station, which was established on 13 February, 1954.

A horseshoe shaped rock outcrop in the southern part of the Manning Nunataks. The nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

A horseshoe-shaped mountain discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Captain R.F. Scott.

A nunatak on the northern side of the upper Starshot Glacier. Discovered by the New Zealand Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named from its horseshoe shape in plan.

A sandy beach about one kilometre long directly below the Nares Glacier, Heard Island.

A glacier, at least 26 km long, which flows northwards into the sea about 19 km to the west of Brxka Island. Plotted from oblique air photography taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skotviktangen (The Stack Bay Tongue).

Glacier draining the S slopes of Ward Tower, Britannia Range, and flowing SE to Merrick Glacier.

Two small islands 5km north west of Hovde Island, located in southern Prydz Bay.

A small glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast just east of Amanda Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Called Hovde Ice Tongue by Dr. J.H Roscoe in 1952 following his study of air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Dr. Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

A rounded rock outcrop at the eastern entrance to Amanda Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast.

Translated from Norwegian the name means "The round rock island". hovd = rounded top of rock. Original spelling was Hovdöya with the modern spelling being Hovdøya. Feature first mapped by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936-37 with the name shown on Hansen Chart - Atlas of Parts of the Antarctic Coastal Lands / Ingrid Christensen Coast / Sheet 10 published in 1946. Scar map catalogue map number 12811. Name adopted by Australia in 2011.

An embayment between Ufs Island and Byrd Head in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson.

An area of low hills and melt lakes south of the Beaver Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted for air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after W.E. Howard, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A peak at the northern end of the Daniels Range in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after K.R. Howell, USARP meteorologist at the South Pole station in the summer of 1967-68.

The largest of the Davis Islands, off the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by members of the ANARE on MV Magga Dan on 19 February 1960, when an astrofix was obtained and geological and biological observations carried out. Named after Captain R. Hudson, DFC, leader of the helicopter team of the expedition.

A nunatak about 5 km west of Mount Bewsher in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photographs. Named after Dr. J.W. Hudson, medical officer at Mawson in 1966.

The area of the Shackleton Ice Shelf which separates the mainland from Henderson Island, Queen Mary Land. Named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 for WM Hughes, Australian Prime Minister, 1915-1923.

A rock ridge, about 3 km long, extending in a north-south direction, about 7 km west of Mount McCarthy in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Named after G.C. Hulcombe, diesel mechanic at Davis in 1962.

A small island about 2 km north of Bertha Island in the William Scoresby Archipelago off Kemp Land.