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A peak with precipitous southern and eastern faces marking the northern limit of the Boomerang Range. Plotted from US Navy aerial photographs. Named by USACAN after J.L. Moody, Aviation boatswains mate, USN, in charge of loading and off-loading aircraft at McMurdo, 1959-60.

A small nunatak, about 1 km east of of Jaques Nunatak and about 5.6 km south of Mount Kennedy in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956 and 1959. The position of the feature was fixed by John Manning, surveyor at Mawson in 1967, during the Mawson-Church Mountain tellurometer traverse. Named after Patrick J. Moonie, radio operator at Mawson in 1967, who assisted in the traverse.

The centre island of the Rigel Skerries off Kemp Land.

A snow-covered mountain, resembling a pyramid, on the northern side of the Scylla Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

An oblong shaped bay on the northern side of Ellis Fjord in the Vestfold Hills, measuring about 700 m by 1 km.

A small hill about 1.5 km south-west of Mirny. Discovered by the Soviet Expedition (1956) and called Sopka Morrennaya.

A small mountain glacier in McIntyre Bluffs, on the Mawson Escarpment. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after Vin I. Morgan, (then) glaciologist with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey parties in 1973 and 1974.

A small island off the North Coast of Heard Island near the eastern part of the Downes Glacier. The name appears on Challenger's chart.

A group of three nunataks about 37 km west of Knuckey Peaks in Enderby Land.

A rock ridge extending east-west, just east of Mount Pollard and about 9 km west of Crohn Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The eastern end of the ridge consists of two spurs which give the feature a Y shape in plan. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1965.

A basin of about 2330 hectares in area in the northern part of the Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. The southern portion of the basin is ice free but the northern portion is occupied by a large lobe of ice. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62.

A glacier on the eastern side of Porpoise Bay on the Banzare Coast of Wilkes land, about 6 km SSW of Cape Morse. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump and named by USACAN after W.H. Morse, purser's mate on the brig Porpoise of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-41) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes.

An ice shelf extending along the Sabrina Coast and Banzare Coast of Wilkes Land between longitudes 117 degrees E and 123 degrees E. Discovered by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958. Sighted by ANARE aircraft crew curing the 1962-63 operations along the eastern part of Sabrina Coast.

A depression or shallow gully on the southern slope of a hill in the Vestfold Hills.

An irregular although roughly oblong shaped lake located in the Vestfold Hills and measuring about 300 m across. The lake is surrounded by low hills.

A small island north of Peterson Island in the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The term island is considered more appropriate than rock. It was originally called Motherway Rock after P.T. Motherway, a member of one of the two photographic units which obtained aerial and ground photographs of the Windmill Islands during USN Operation Highjump (1947-48).  

The most prominent peak in the central part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has an almost vertical face on the northern side. Shaped like a truncated pyramid, it is 4 km long in an east-west direction and 2 km north-south. Situated about 18 km SSE of Mt. McCarthy and discovered by the ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Gordon Abbs, radio operator at Mawson in 1956.

A rock ridge, about 6 km west of Mount Bunt in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is joined to Allison Ridge by a moraine which curves north-easterly then easterly. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960.

A mountain at the southern end of Macquarie Island.

A striking, flat-topped mountain, 3185 m high, west of the Ross Ice Shelf, about 57 km south of Mount Field. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named after Sir Albert Markham, a member of the Ship Committee of the Expedition.