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A group of rocks on the northern side of Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands, in Newcomb Bay south of Kilby Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956 and 1962) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). The rocks were included in a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law. Named from Bailey Peninsula.  

A peak about 1,380 m above sea level, approximately 48 km south of Cape Bruce in Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered on 8 February 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Clive Latham Baillieu (later Baron Baillieu), who subscribed to the cost of the expedition.

A number of rock exposures, many of which are banded, in the face of, or projecting from, the ice cliffs along the southern part of the western side of Gillock Island in the Amery Ice Shelf. These outcrops were visited in January, 1969, by J H C Bain, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party, after whom they were named.

One of the Manning Nunataks, on the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The nunataks were photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1965 and by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969. Named after C J Bain, weather observer at Mawson in 1969 and a member of the 1969 ANARE survey party.

A cove about 1.5-2.0 km long and 400 to 1000 m wide in the eastern part of Radok Lake, in the eastern part of the Prince Charles Mountains. The cove leads to a narrow gorge joining Radok and Beaver Lakes. The name is a composite of C. Bain, A. Medvecky and J. Dart, who spent a month at the cove working on the geology of the Beaver Lake - Radok Lake area during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in Jan-Feb 1989.

Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956.

A small group of rocky islands close to the Budd Coast. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by the USACAN after the whaling factory ship Balaena from which sketches of the Knox and Budd coasts were obtained as the result of air reconnaissance and shipboard observations in 1947. First visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1956.

A nunatak about 2 km north-east of Mount Bensley in the western extension of the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. 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 J W Baldwin, weather observer (radio) at Mawson in 1965.

A group of rock outcrops, about 4 km north-west of Watson Bluff on David Island, off Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Dr. J. M Baldwin of the Melbourne Observatory.

The highest peak at the southern end of the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after P.F. Ballance, a geologist with the expedition.

A striking black bluff about 40 m above sea level on an unnamed island about 1 km north-west of Barrier Island in the Tryne Islands off the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. Visited by an ANARE field party which established a field hut at the foot of the bluff in July 1983.

A group of nunataks about 15 km east of Mt Stadler in Enderby Land and named after Robert C. Bandy, Senior Diesel Mechanic at Mawson in 1975, and a member of the ANARE Enderby Land Survey Party in 1976.

Small island in the Svenner Islands, located in southern Prydz Bay.

The portion of the coast of Wilkes Land lying between Cape Southard and Cape Morse. Seen on 15 and 16 January, 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named after the expedition.

Named after the British - Australian - New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1930-31 led by Sir Douglas Mawson. The name was coined by Captain John King Davis, and is the acronym of the expedition title. The expedition made an outstanding contribution to both the contemporary knowledge of the Antarctic continent and to the oceanography of the region, demonstrating the existence of a continuous undersea land-platform around at least a third of Antarctica, reinforcing the theory that there was a continent beneath the ice plateau, rather than a series of islands cemented by the polar ice cap.

Imposing bluffs on the northern side of Pagodroma Gorge located approximately 2 kilometres south west of the entrance of Pagodroma Gorge into Beaver Lake. Professor Bardin carried out pioneering studies of the glacial geology of the region and was an academician of note in the then USSR. Bardin: 1. Spent several seasons with SAE (Soviet Antarctic Expeditions) in the Prince Charles Mountains (PCMs). 2. Published numerous pioneering research papers on the ancient (> 2 Ma) glacial deposits and the landscape evolution of the PCMs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 3. A major publication in 1982 drew attention to important exposures of ancient glacial strata in the impressive bluffs (ie Bardin Bluffs) near the mouth of Pagodroma Gorge in the Amery Oasis (northern PCMs). 4. These strata, now named the Bardin Bluffs formation by Hambrey and McKelvey 2000, have been referred to and discussed in ca. 12 publications in international Earth Science journals since 2001.

Small knoll at the northeast end of spur separating Pagodroma Gorge being the first gully to the south west of Beaver Lake camp. Comparison of these massive bluffs to the diminutive but clear standing feature considered here prompts the use of the term knoll. Named for: Professor Bardin carried out pioneering studies of the glacial geology of the region and was an academician of note in the then USSR. Bardin 1. Spent several seasons with SAE (Soviet Antarctic Expeditions) in the Prince Charles Mountains (PCMs). 2. Published numerous pioneering research papers on the ancient (> 2 Ma) glacial deposits and the landscape evolution of the PCMs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 3. A major publication in 1982 drew attention to important exposures of ancient glacial strata in the impressive bluffs (ie Bardin Bluffs) near the mouth of Pagodroma Gorge in the Amery Oasis (northern PCMs).

A nunatak about 7 km north of Mount Douglas in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. The nunatak is named after Vic Barkell, helicopter pilot with the ANARE Enderby Land Survey Party in 1976.

A narrow, level rock platform approximately 100 m wide, on the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment. The feature was the site of geodetic survey station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971. Named after Vic G. Barkell, helicopter pilot with the survey.

This channel (about 1 km long and less than 50 m wide at several points) is a tidal race linking Prydz Bay and Taynaya Bay, in the Vestfold Hills. It is a rushing turmoil at tidal extremes in summer. It is believed to be ice-dammed in winter.