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A rocky island about 3 km offshore to the west of North Head.

An island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis station, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

A small, isolated, shoal patch within the anchorage area at Davis. It is 1 km from Anchorage Island. The least depth of water over the patch is 11 m. Plotted in January 1961 by d'A.T. Gale during a hydrographic survey by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan led by D.F. Styles.

A small island in the western part of the Robinson Group off Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson in February, 1931; the island was also charted from the whaler Thorgaut about the same time. Named after Captain Lars Andersen of the whaler Falk who had assisted the Discovery with coal.

A lake about 2.3 km south-west of Ellis Rapids in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

An ice-free pyramidal peak, about 7 km south-east of Pomerantz Tableland. The peak was plotted from aerial photographs obtained by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after Staff Sergeant R.J. Anderson, USA, non-commissioned officer in charge of the enlisted detachment of the helicopter group supporting Topo East-West, 1962-63.

A prominent buttress-type mountain near the centre of the Skelton Icefalls. Plotted from US Navy air photographs. Named by USACAN after E.A. Angino, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1959-60.

A group of nunataks about 28 km east of Mount Twintop, Mac.Robertson Land. An astrofix was obtained on one of these outcrops by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson, on 26 January, 1963, the Anniversary of the first settlement of Australia.

A small, low, ice-capped island, about 9 km NNE of Lewis Island. Discovered from the MV Kista Dan in 1956 by an ANARE Expedition led by Phillip Law on 18 January, 1960. Named after Anton Moyell, first officer of the MV Magga Dan in 1960.

A line of nunataks on the western side of Mawson Peninsula in George V Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and ANARE in 1959. Rough running of the aircraft engine during the ANARE flight in the vicinity of the nunataks caused considerable anxiety to the pilot and passenger.

Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, formed of military units from Australian and New Zealand military units to participate in the First World War and in recognition of the camaraderie and military achievements of the many young Australians and New Zealanders who gave their lives in that conflict, including an early casualty at Gallipoli, Lieutenant Robert Bage, Royal Australian Engineers, who was a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, conducted in this region between 1912 and 1914.

A peak, about 715 metres high on Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. It was the most conspicuous feature in the area where survey was proceeding on ANZAC Day, 25 April, 1948.

A glacier just south of Bunger Hills, Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

The third range of the Prince Charles Mountains. First visited in January,1957, by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by William G. Bewsher. Named by Bewsher after a character in Dumas''s novel, ''The Three Musketeers''.

A group of rock outcrops about 37 km SSW of Magga Peak in Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Third Soviet Maritime Expedition in 1958 and ANARE in 1959. The largest of these outcrops was called Gora Arkangel'skogo by the Soviet Expedition.

A rocky cape on the coast of Oates Land, about 9 km west of Williamson Head. Discovered in February, 1911, by Lieut. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, in the Terra Nova, expedition ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott. Named after W.W. Archer, chief steward of the expedition.

An island of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast, about 2 km west of Odbert Island. Delineated by air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

A small glacier, 28 km long, draining the southern end of the Miller Range, flowing into the Marsh Glacier. Discovered by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62). Named after the vessel sailed by Jason in Greek mythology.

A glacier in the central part of the Miller Range, about 37 km long, flowing into the Marsh Glacier. Discovered and named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Expedition (1961-62).

A partly snow-covered, rock outcrop, about 31 km south-eastof Husky Massif and about 37 km east of Mount Hicks in the Prince Charles Mountains. There is an area of moraine on the north-western side. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after G.C. Armonini, weather observer at Davis in 1962.