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A small rock outcrop, about 0.5 km long, attached to the continental ice of Knox Coast by a low saddle. It is about 7 km west of the Hatch Islands. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Landings were made by the ANARE on the MV Magga Dan under Phillip Law in February, 1960. The feature was used as a rescue base when a helicopter crashed nearby. Named after Captain P. Ivanoff, pilot of the crashed helicopter. An astro-fix was obtained on 19th February, 1960. Captain P. Ivanoff, pilot of a helicopter which crashed nearby.

A narrow tongue of land projecting from an island between Fold Island and the mainland of Kemp Land.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

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 short glacier flowing northwards from Hayter Peak on Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island.

The name Jacka Valley has been used by expeditioners to Heard Island since the 1960s for the valley formed by the Jacka Glacier. The Jacka Glacier has been retreating since first named in the 1940s and has now retreated to a small area high above the valley floor. The Jacka Glacier was named for Fred J Jacka, physicist, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition and proposed by the 1948 ANARE. With the retreat of the glacier it was decided to name the new valley using the original name.

A prominent hill on the south-east side of Scale Lake on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills.

A nunatak, about 2,407 m above sea level, near Sylvester Glacier. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after W.S. Jacobs, magnetician and seismologist at the South Pole Station in the winter of 1959.

A peak, about 2,040 m above sea level, at the northern end of the ridge west of Ragotzkie Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after J.D. Jacobs, US exchange observer at Vostok Station in 1964.

A group of small islands off the coast of Kemp Land near Cape Boothby. The islands were first visited by parties from the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Jagarene (The Hunters) by Norwegian cartographers.

James Forbes Glacier is named after early Antarctic expeditioner James ("Sails") Forbes, a seasoned sailmaker who served on several Antarctic voyages including the Dundee Whaling Expedition 1892-93, Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 1911-14, and Discovery Investigations 1926-27. Born in Scotland, James Forbes started his career as a whaler in the Arctic. On the AAE voyages he was the sailmaker for the Aurora in addition to performing other duties as an able seaman.

A small nunatak about 5 km SSW of Mount Kennedy in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1959. The position of the feature was fixed by John Manning, surveyor at Mawson in 1967. Named after G.A. Jaques, weather observer at Mawson in 1957, who took part in the ANARE tellurometer traverse from Mawson to Church Mountain in 1967.

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.

Named after Sidney Jeffryes, the wireless officer for the second winter of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) at Commonwealth Bay. In addition to being a competent wireless officer, Jeffryes was also a good cook. He was described by Mawson in The Home of the Blizzard as being "... assiduous at all times, sending and receiving wireless messages (and had) applied himself to work with enthusiasm and perhaps an over-conscientious spirit". He suffered a nervous breakdown in July 1913 from which he never fully recovered, although he returned to wireless duties in August, re-establishing contact with the relay station at Macquarie Island which continued unbroken until November.

A broad glacier flowing northwards into the sea 15-19 km west of the Stanton Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February, 1937, and called Utstikkarbreen (The Projecting Glacier). Visited by the ANARE western sledging party in August, 1954, led by Robert Dovers.

Prominent lava tongue to the south of Magnet Point, protruding north-east approximately 100 metres into the sea from Laurens Peninsula.

A rock ridge between the Challenger Glacier and the Mary Powell Glacier, Heard Island.

A dark, flat-topped outcrop in the Nicholas Mountains, Kemp Land. It has a steep face on the eastern side, backing to an ice-scarp in the west; it is about 1320 m above sea level. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brattstabben (The Steep Stump). Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after N.D. Jennings, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1960.

A rock promontory on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Visited by an ANARE party in 1958 and its position fixed.Named by USACAN after Lieut. J.C. Jennings, USN, co-pilot and navigator on Operation Highjump flights in the area.