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An island on the southern side of Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after John P McMullin, air crewman with USN Operation Windmill which established astronomical control in the area in January 1948.  

A small, clearly defined rock exposure SSE of Russel Nunatak, close to the route of the southern journey of ANARE parties in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Located about 44 km south-east of Mawson. Seen first by Robert Dovers during the ANARE southern journey of 1954. Named after R.G. McNair, cook at Mawson in 1955.

A group of ridges in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land, about 22 km north-east of Simpson Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named after I.L.K. McNaughton, physicist at Mawson in 1961.

A deep re-entrant of the ice shelf into the ice plateau on the western side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. First traversed in November, 1962, by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in a Snotrac tracked vehicle while on a reconnaissance to determine a route on to the ice shelf for heavy transport. Named to commemorate the men and vehicles of the party.

A bay on the north coast of Heard Island between Saddle Point and Cape Bidlingmaier.

A slightly brackish lake,with an area of about 16ha and a shoreline of 3.5km located in the central part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills . It is the same height as Ephyra Lake, which is directly adjacent. In 1994 these lakes were joined by a shallow and narrow connection. First mapped on the original Vestfold Hills map Edition 1(1958)

The highest peak on Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains, Eastern AAT. The peak is a dolerite intrusion with east facing cliffs, and long debris ridges extending west to the Darwin Glacier, that has a brooding appearance.

A group of peaks rising from the north-west part of Loewe Massif, in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after A. Medvecky, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969.

Rock outcrops on the eastern side of the Polarforschung Glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The feature consists of a massive ridge with more broken outcrops to the south and east. The geology of the feature was investigated by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January, 1969. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and called Meknattane (The Middle Crags) by Norwegian cartographers.

An ice-covered peninsula between the Reid Glacier and the Bay of Winds in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Dame Nellie Melba of Melbourne, a patron of the expediton.

A rock bluff on the eastern side of the head of the Downes Glacier, Heard Island.

A tributary of the Lambert Glacier which it joins at Patrick Point. Discovered by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, during a photographic run in 1956. Named after M. M. Mellor, glaciologist at Mawson in 1957.

A group of five nunataks, three of which are quite small, in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land, about 24 km west of Mount Harding. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after C.D. Melvold, radio officer at Mawson in 1962.

A hill, at Cape Denison, about 35 m high, to the west of the rocky ridge of which Azimuth Hill forms the northwestern end.

A well marked glacier flowing from the slopes of Mt Hughes in the Cook Mountains, Eastern AAT. It is a wide glacier with little debris, snow on blue ice near the top and extensive blue ice in the lower part.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A steep glacier flowing south-westward to the Byrd Glacier at the western end of Horney Bluff. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A small, rocky island on the Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47); position fixed by USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). Named by USACAN after E.L. Merritt, a member of Operation Windmill.

A glacier occupying a deep depression, extending for 80 km inland from Buchanan Bay in George V Land and averaging over 32 km wide. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Dr Xavier Mertz, a member of the expedition who lost his life on the far-east sledge journey.

A colony of emperor penguins located on the fast ice on the eastern side of the Mertz Glacier, George V Coast, George V Land. It was discovered by BAS in a satellite image from November 2009. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.