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A flat-topped rock massif in the SCAR Bluffs, in George V Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Visited by an airborne geological party from the Third Soviet Maritime Antarctic Expedition in the Ob' in 1958. Named after V.A. Obruchev, distinguished Soviet geologist.

A dark rock outcrop forming a small peninsula at the south side of the entrance to Adams Fjord, Enderby Land. The mountain is marked by a jagged, rising ridge on the western side and a conical peak on the south-east. Photographed and mapped by ANARE in 1956. Visited and fixed by G.A. Knuckey in November, 1958. Named after R.E.T. Oldfield, radio officer at Mawson in 1958.

A peak 580 metres high on the neck of the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island.

A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain over 2,400 m above sea level, about 9 km east of Mount Henderson, on the divide between Hatherton Glacier and Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A razorback rock ridge about 2 km south of Mount Butterworth in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after P.I. Ormay, plumber at Wilkes in 1963.

A mountain in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 7 km west of Mount Jacklyn. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after A.J. O'Shea, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1964.

A mountain about 3 km east of Mount Torckler, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957. Named after P.G. Paish, weather observer at Wilkes in 1961.

A mountain about 7 km north-west of Priestly Peak, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after Dr. R. Pardoe, medical officer at Mawson in 1961.

A mountain of the southern side of the Beaver Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after J.A. Park, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

An outstanding pointed peak, 1060 m above sea level, lying to the north of the main summit of the David Range in Mac.Robertson Land. The range was named from the sea by Sir Douglas Mawon in 1930; photographed from the air by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37); the peak was visited by an ANARE party led by J.M. Béchervaise in January, 1956. N.R. Parsons, cosmic ray physicist at Mawson in 1955.

A mountain in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 24 km north-west of Pythagoras Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after L. Parviainen, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

A mountain about 33 km WSW of Mount Storegutt, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after Commander C. Pasco, RN, a member of the Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.

A mountain about 9 km south of Mount Ellery at the eastern end of the Wilson Hills, Oates Land. Plotted from photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after M.J. Perez, Ph-2, USN, who served three years in Antarctica, 1960-63; a member of Topo East-West field party, 1962-63.

A large individual rock outcrop in the main series forming the western part of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, in Mac.Robertson Land. It is dome-shaped except for the northern face which is flat and sheer. First visited by an ANARE party led by John Béchervaise on 27 November, 1955.

A partly snow-covered mountain, just south of Corry Massif and about 9 km west of Crohn Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1965.

One of the Tula Mountains, about 2 km east of Peacock Ridge. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE during 1956. Named after W.F. Porteus, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

Named by Mawson in 1943 for H Power, meteorologist in charge of the Commonwealth Party which continued the meteorological work of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition on the Island during 1914. He was lost with the 'Endeavour when she disappeared without trace after visiting the Island to relieve the 1914 party.

A flat-topped mountain, 2,433 m above sea level, on the steep cliffs bordering the northern side of Byrd Glacier, just west of Peckham Glacier. The summit is conspicuously ice-covered, but the south and east-facing sides are relatively ice free. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A peak 2,110 m high south of Byrd Glacier, about 38 km south-west of Mount Hamilton. Discovered by the Northern Party of the N.Z. Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61) and so named because the peak consisted of multi-coloured beds of Beacon Sandstone with probable dolerite lying on pink-green limestone.

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, on the northern side of the Beaver Glacier. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after J.E. Reed, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).