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A mountain in Enderby Land about 5 km south-east of Mount Smethurst. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1957. Named after R.M. Torckler, radio officer at Wilkes in 1961.

A mountain on the eastern side of the Auster Glacier, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after D.S. Trail, geologist at Mawson in 1961.

A peak rising sharply from the plateau about 14.5 km south-east of Mount Cook in the Leckie Range, Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after G. Treatt, helicopter pilot with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Nella Dan 1965, led by Phillip Law.

A triple-peaked mountain, about 6 km south of Mt. Hordern in the David Range. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Tritoppen (The Triple Peak) by Norwegian cartographers.

A mountain ridge with a jagged, saw-tooth appearance, 2 km north-west of Mount Bunt in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956 and 1960. Named after N.E. Trott, weather observer at Wilkes in 1962, Officer-in-Charge at Davis in 1964.

A mountain on the southern side of the Bryd Glacier. Discovered by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61) who so named it because the long spiny summit ridge resembled a lizard.

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.