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The western of the two larger islands at the northern end of the Flat Islands, about 4 km north-west of Mawson station. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

An ice shelf off the coasts of Princess Elizabeth Land and Wilhelm II Land, between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski.

A colony of emperor penguins comprising several thousand breeding pairs. It is located at the northern edge of iceberg D-15A grounded at the western side of the West Ice Shelf, Princess Elizabeth Land. Note: emperor penguin colonies may not remain in one fixed location.

A rock outcrop, about 130 m high, on the western side of the Hoseason Glacier in Kemp Land.

A group of about eight low rock outcrops on the coast. This is the westernmost rock feature in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

A nunatak, 2,420 m high, rising 450 m above the polar plateau, west of the Darwin Glacier. It is the westernmost point of the mountains in that area. The Darwin Glacier party of the TAE (1956-58) set up a survey station on the highest point in December, 1957. The name was suggested by Squadron-Leader J.R. Claydon, RNZAF, who first saw this feature from the air.

A point on Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, forming the southern entrance to Ellis Fjord. Parts of the feature are inundated by the sea.

The small promontory to the north east of Atlas Cove near the ANARE station, Heard Island. A small wharf was built in the early days of ANARE occupation and the name has passed into general use.

A bay just west of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brodrene by Norwegian cartogrphers. Renamed after G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson in 1957.

A small group of islands in Wheeler Bay, just west of Magnet Bay in Kemp Land. Mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brxdrene by Norwegian cartographers. Renamed after G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson in 1957.

An isolated nunatak about 13 km north-west of Mount Starlight in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed by ANARE in 1965. Named after R.F. Whelan, radio officer at Davis in 1964.

A conspicuous nunatak about 15 km ENE of Cape Denison, George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after L.H. Whetter, surgeon with the expedition.

A small nunatak, protruding above the terminus of the Rogers Glacier between the McKaskle Hills and Maris Nunatak, on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after J.R. Whisnant, aircrew member on Operation Highjump.

A prominent hill on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills which is distinguished by white quartz deposits.

An ice-covered island about 13 km north of Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land. The island was discovered by Riiser-Larsen in 1930 and called Hvitøy (White Island).

A rock massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains, from which rise Mount Johansen and Mount Cooper. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after R.F. White, senior technician (electronics) at Mawson in 1963, who died at Mawson on 18 October, 1963.

A group of nunataks about 17 km north-east of Summers Peak in the Stinear Nunataks, Mac.Robertson Land. First visited in February 1970 by geologists with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party. So named because of the weather conditions encountered at the time of the visit.

A prominent rock outcrop in the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land, about 39 km ESE of Mount Banfield. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after J. Whiting, pilot with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan, 1965, led by Phillip Law.