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A group of small islands 9 km west of Cape Gray, George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named them after J H Blair, a member of the expedition.

The northern peak of the Central Masson Range which stands alone and is an inverted V in shape. Named by ANARE after J Blair, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1958.

The second largest island of a group of five in the western part of Oom Bay, Mac.Robertson Land. Probably first seen by BANZARE (1929-31) under Mawson. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographers taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A group of three low, flat-topped outcrops running in line north-east to south-west between Wilson Bluff and Mount Maguire, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in November, 1956, by Flying Officer John Seaton, RAAF, during a photographic flight. Named after J R Blake, auroral physicist at Mawson in 1958.

A point on the northern side of Clark Peninsula, Windmill Islands, west of Stevenson Cove. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956 & 1962) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named after A A Blakeney, a photographer's mate, who took part in Operation Highjump.  

An isolated ridge 11 km north-east of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. The ridge is shaped in plan like a peninsula and separates Bartrum and Foggydog Glaciers. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Originally named Blank Peninsula after Dr H R Blank, deputy leader and geologist with the expedition. The generic Peaks is considered more appropriate.

An island in the Mackellar Islands lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named the group of islands after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

An iceberg tongue extending north-westerly from Wilkes Coast between Cape Mose and Cape Carr. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1962 and 1963. Named after Gardner D. Blodgett of the Office of Geography, US Department of the Interior, who sketched the coastal features of Antarctica from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

An island 0.5 km across, 1 km north-west of Anchorage Island and 3.3 km north-west of Davis in the Vestfold Hills. Named by Phillip Law in 1957.

A prominent rock peak on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills, about 160 m high. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The feature was occupied as a survey station by ANARE in 1968 and 1969. Named after A A Blundell, radio operator-in-charge at Mawson in 1968, who assisted in the tellurometer traverse from this point to the Reinbolt Hills in 1968.

An irregular shaped island about 0.5 km north east of Cronk Island in the Windmill Islands.

A small bay at the head of Vincennes Bay at the eastern end of Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and called Blunt Cove by USACAN after S F Blunt, passed midshipman on the sloop Vincennes, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm. C Wilkes), USN.

A line of rocky cliffs about 7 km long on the northern part of Fisher Massif. A point on the cliffs 1,135 m high, was occupied as a survey station by John Manning, surveyor, with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January, 1969. So named because of the great amount of turbulence caused by updraft currents.

A prominent inlet running south, to the west of Penguin Knob at Cape Denison, about 50 m north-west from Mawson''s main hut. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

"A low island about 1.3km long but only 220m wide and up to 30m high, situated directly north of the eastern part of Flag Island. Named for its long tapered shape, reminiscent of a lace making bobbin."

Ice-free rocks lying 6.5 km south of the Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains., Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for Bobby J. Davis, commissaryman with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

Two partly snow-covered nunataks, about 43 km north of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after O Bode, weather observer at Mawson in 1962.

An island just east of Browning Peninsula, in the southern part of the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after W C Boffa, observer with the (then) US Army Strategic Air Command, who took part in USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

A group of small islands lying about 9 km WSW of the Larsemann Hills off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and charted by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in February, 1935.Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photography taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and called Bölingen (The Bunch or The Herd). Bøling in Norwegian translates as livestock or cattle. See Hansen charts (map number 12811)for extent of island group. Coordinates are for the approximate centre of the island group.