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A peak on the southern face of the Athos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is connected to the next peak on the east by a long snow slope and a saddle 60 m above plateau level. The peak is situated about 20 km east of Mount Béchervaise. Discovered by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher and named after P. Albion, radio operator at Mawson in 1956.

A mountain in the Geologists Range north of the Worsley Icefalls. Plotted from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62 by the US Geological Survey. Named by USACAN after J.C. Albright, geologist on the South Pole - Dronning Maud Land Traverse, 1964-65.

A mountain about 9 km north-east of McNaughton Ridges in Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition after A.D. Alekseyev, Soviet polar pilot.

A snow-free peak about 10 km south of Mount Cook in the Leckie Range, Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photography. Named after B. Allport, radio officer at Mawson in 1964, a member of one of the survey parties which carried out a tellurometer traverse passing through the Leckie Range in 1965.

A mountain, about 2,622 m above sea level, on the Canopy Cliffs. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after C.C. Allsup, USN, who was injured during USN Operation Deep Freeze II (1956-57).

A notable nunatak rising through the ice-cap to a height of about 1445 metres abouve sea level, about 20 kilometres NE of Mt. Sandow on the eastern side of the Denman Glacier. In Wilkes Land; in about 67°13"S, 100°43"E. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).

A peak on Heard Island, just south of West Bay. A shortened form of the name Mt. Andrei de la Rue proposed by Edgar Aubert de la Rue after his wife who accompanied him during his geological work on the Island, 15-22 January 1929.

A peak just south of Archer Point in Oates Land. Discovered by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan led by Phillip Law in February 1959. Named from Archer Point.

A mountain about 6 km NW of Simpson Peak Enderby Land. Photographed from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after J. Arthur, electrical fitter at Mawson in 1960.

A peak in the Darwin Mountains, 2,024 m above sea level, overlooking the northern side of the Hatherton Glacier, about 19 km WSW of Junction Spur. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after R.E. Ash, mechanic with the US McMurdo-South Pole traverse party in 1960-61.

The largest and most prominent of Knuckey Peaks, Enderby Land. The feature was used as a geodetic survey station by the ANARE Enderby Land survey party in 1975. Named after A.R. Ashford, Meteorological Observer at Mawson in 1974 and a member of the survey party.

High (c.3020 m) flat-topped mountain between Dartmouth Peak and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range.

A peak on Heard Island, just west of Atlas Cove with an altitude of about 120m at its highest point on the north side. The name for the feature was proposed by Edgar Aubert de la Rue who did geological work on the island, 15-22 January 1929.

A mountain on the south-eastern corner of Macquarie Island.

A prominent mountain, 2600 m above sea level, south of the Mulock Glacier nivi, into which it falls away steeply. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier party of the TAE and first climbed in December, 1957, when a survey station was established at its highest point. Named after H.H. Ayres, one of the two men comprising the Darwin Glacier party.

An isolated peak, about 13 km SSE of Mount Starlight in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The feature presents a snow-covered face to the north. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by R.H. Lacey, surveyor at Mawson in 1955 and aerial photography by ANARE in 1959 and 1965.Named after F.C.R. Bakker, radio supervisor at Davis in 1964.

The highest peak in the Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land. The mountain was included in a triangulation carried out by G.A. Knuckey, surveyor at Mawson in 1958. Named after Flight Lieutenant G.A. Banfield, R.A.A.F. pilot at Mawson in 1959.

A striking, rock peak about 1252 m above sea level on the western side of the Denman Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Robert Barr Smith of Adelaide, a patron of the expedition.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 5 km south-east of Mount Storer. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by ANARE in 1956 and 1957. Named after A J Bartlett, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A fairly low, rock outcrop elongated east-west about 17 km east of Mount Menzies in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered from an ANARE aircraft during 1957, also seen in that year from the ground by the southern seismic party led by K B Mather. Named after E P Bayliss, the cartographer who drew the map of Antarctica published in 1939 by the (then) Property and Survey Branch, Department of Interior, Canberra.