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A mountain to the west of Brothers Point. Named for AC Tulloch, Meteorologist in charge of the Commonwealth Meteorological Station on the Island during 1915.

The smaller of two partly snow-covered mountains in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, about 28 km south-west of Mount Starlight. 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 W.L. Turnbull, radio supervisor at Mawson in 1965.

A prominent mountain the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, about 10 km south-west of Cyclops Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959.

A rock outcrop, bisected by a glacier running SE-SW, about 20 km east of Wilson Bluff at the southern end of the Lambert Glacier. Discovered in November, 1956, during a photographic flight by ANARE aircraft and triangulated by G. Knuckey in 1958. Named after Doug R. Twigg, radio supervisor at Mawson in 1958.

A twin-peaked mountain in the southern part of the David Range. The range was discovered in February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Tvitoppen (The Twin Peak). Name is descriptive of the feature.

One of the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land about 2 km east of Mount Flett. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named after R. Underwood, geophysicist at Wilkes in 1959.

A peak about 11.1 km east of Ward Nunataks in the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land. Photographed by ANARE in 1957 and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1962. Named Gora Utrennyaya (Mount Morning) by the Soviet Expedition.

A mountain just north of Flynn Lake. Edgar Waite, then Director of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, was biologist on the First Sub-Antarctic cruise of SY Aurora, 17 May 1912 - 11 July 1912, and visited the Island as a passenger on the Tutanekai in August 1913.

An isolated peak, 976m above sea level, in the southern part of the North Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered by Sir Douglas Mawson in 1930. Climbed by an ANARE party led by J. Béchervaise in January 1956. Named for J.L. Ward, radio operator at Mawson in 1955.

A mountain 1.5 km north of the western end of Martin Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

A massive peak south-west of Trudge Valley in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after W.A. Watters, a geologist with the expedition.

A prominent mountain in the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, about 8 km south-west of Cyclops Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959.

A mountain about 4 km east of Reference Peak, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after G.E. Weller, meteorologist at Mawson in 1961.

A mountain about 2700 m above sea level, about 22 km south-west of Mount Field, on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after Sir William Wharton, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1884-1904.

A low conical peak, about 190 m high, about 1 km west of Green Point on the eastern side of Fold Island, off the coast of Kemp Land.

A peak in the Tula Range, Enderby Land, about 7 km east of Mount Riiser-Larsen. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after J. Williams, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1959.

A mountain, elongated in an east-west direction, about 31 km south-west of Fisher Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered in November, 1956, during a photographic flight by ANARE aircraft. Named after Dr. R.L. Willing, medical officer at Mawson in 1957.

A mountain 4 km south of Mount Chalmers in the southern part of the Conway Range. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

A snow-covered mountain on the northern side of the Scylla Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.Named after E.R. Wishart, technical officer (glaciology) at Mawson in 1963. Altitude is for western end of the peak.

A triple-peaked mountain, situated about 38 km south-west of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after B.C.Z. Woinarski, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1965.