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A mountain about 85 km NNW of the Ricker Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after S/Sgt. Kring, a member of US Navy VX-6 Squadron in Antarctica in 1962-63 and 1963-64.

A high, pyramidal brown rock 2,059 m above sea level in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has steep sides and two prominent sharp peaks; there is little snow or ice cover above the general plateau-ice level. Sighted by an ANARE party led by John Béchervaise on 27 November, 1955, and plotted by R.H. Lacey, surveyor, at Mawson in 1955, after whom it was named.

A mountain about 22 km south of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. The mountain, which is about 14 km long is divided in the south by a small, plateau-fed glacier. The northern part of the mountain has an area of moraine extending eastwards for about 12.8 km. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after J.H. Lanyon, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1965.

A peak in the David Range, Mac.Robertson Land just north of Mount Coates. J. Lawrence, diesel mechanic at Mawson, 1959

An outcrop rising 150 m above the plateau about 4 km SSE of Mt. Gardner in the Prince Charles Mountains. Visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Squadron Leader Douglas W. Leckie, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1956.

A mountain about 2 km south-east of Mount Storer, Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956 and 1957. Named after W.H. Letten, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A prominent, pyramidal peak 1,737 m high on the northern face of the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named after N.T.Lied, weather observer at Mawson in 1956 and Davis in 1957.

A mountain about 2,220 m high, 46 km south-east of Mount Albert Markham. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named after Lord Lindley, a member of the committee which prepared the final draft of the instructions for the expedition.

A mountain on the eastern side of the Condon Hills in Enderby Land. The geology of this feature was investigated by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition which called it Gora Lira (Mount Lira) (Mount Lyre) probably because of its shape.

A mountain about 4 km south of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A mountain with a rounded top rising from the plateau surface of Loewe Massif, in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in 1956. Named after Dr Fred Loewe, a member of the ANARE reconnaissance party in the Wyatt Earp (1947-48) and Australian Observer with the French Expedition in Terre Adilie (1951-52).

A mountain about 2,350 m above sea level, in the Britannia Range, on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after Cyril Longhurst, secretary to the expedition.

A prominent mountain in the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, about 13 km south-west of Cyclops Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959.

A partly snow-covered mountain about 9 km south of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from the Mount Willing and Mount Hicks geodetic stations in 1971 during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. Named after Dr Desmond J. Lugg, Senior Medical Officer with the Antarctic Division, and Officer-in-Charge, ANARE Prince Charles Mountains surveys in 1970 and 1971.

A mountain ridge just south of Mount Gleadell, Enderby Land. Sighted in October, 1956 by the ANARE Amundsen Bay Party led by Peter W. Crohn. Named after J. Lunde, senior diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1960.

An isolated peak about 2,080 m high, situated about 38 km south-east of the Stinear Nunataks in Mac.Robertson Land. Sighted by an ANARE party led by Robert Dovers, Officer-in-Charge, Mawson in 1954, and named after Lem E. Macey, technical superintendent at Mawson in 1954.

A ridge trending north-south with an exposed summit consisting of brown rock; the slopes are ice and snow covered. Height, 1,960 m. First visited by an ANARE party led by John Béchervaise on 30 November, 1955. Named after Eric L. Macklin, radio operator at Mawson in 1955.

A prominent peak in the Geologists Range, forming the highest point of the escarpment of Wellman Cliffs. Discovered by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). Named after E.O. MacPherson, formerly Chief Geologist of the New Zealand Geological Survey.

A large, flat-topped mountain with a distinctive pointed nunatak on the eastern side, in the southern part of the Lambert Glacier. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in November, 1956, and surveyed in October, 1958, by G.A. Knuckey. Named after Sgt. O. Maguire, RAAF, radio technician at Mawson in 1958.