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A lake just to the south-west of Blundell Peak in the Larsemann Hills with its southern end buried under the edge of an ice dome. Biological work was carried out at this lake, by members of the 1986-87 ANARE field party.

A small meltwater lake between Fearn Hill and Mount Ward in the North Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in 1956 by an ANARE Party led by John M. Béchervaise. Named for Lorna, wife of John M. Béchervaise, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1955 and 1959

Small lake west of Mount Elder in the northern part of Macquarie Island.

A lake, 10 m below sea level, on Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was visited by an ANARE geological and biological party in January and February 1972.

An EW trending lake, about 1/2 km west of Lake Cowan. An important feature on the overland route from Davis to Platcha.

A lake about 1.1 km south of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

Lake Pol'anskogo is in the south-western corner of the Bunger Hills between them and the Apfel Glacier. The lake contains a number of small islands. The island was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

An oval lake about 0.4 km north of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. It drains southwards into Lake Scandrett. The water is heavily mineralised and unpleasant to taste.

The largest freshwater lake on Chapman Ridge in Kemp Land. It overflows to the sea.

A long lake lying between very steep sided cliffs in the Larsemann Hills.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A very shallow round lake to the north-west of the Russian Progress Base in the Larsemann Hills and about 0.7 km south-east of Law Base.

A small lake on a rocky peninsula in the north-east part of Bunger Hills. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump and named by USACAN.

A lake on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills lying about 0.9 km north of Blundell Peak.

A salt-water lake about 6 km ENE of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. It is about 3 km long and 0.5 km wide, elongated east-west. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1955.

A lake approximately 1 kilometre wide and 2 kilometres long, shaped like a tear drop in the north eastern sector of Loewe Massif. It was first named by Russia and shown on their maps in 1978 with Australia formally accepting the name in September 2006.

A lake in the south-eastern part of the Vestfold Hills, about 2 km north-east of Crooked Lake. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

An ice-covered lake, 180 m above sea level, about 7 km north-east of Diamond Hill in the Brown Hills. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named after Professor A.T. Wilson of the Victoria University of Wellington who has investigated lakes in the ice-free valleys west of McMurdo Sound.