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A very large glacier draining ESE into Mulock Inlet (Ross Dependency) in the north-west corner of the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by NZAPC from Mulock Inlet.

A group of peaks in Princess Elizabeth Land. Possibly first sighted by BANZARE (1929-31) on 9 February, 1931, and seen again during the aeroplane flight on 11 February, 1931. These mountains were placed by Sir Douglas Mawson in about 68 degrees 47'' S, 73 degrees 24'' E. The Norwegian, Sjxvold, on 24 January, 1931, when in about 68 degrees S., 74 degrees E., claimed to have sighted what he thought were volcanic mountains in the south-west and these were called the Sjxvold Mountains by the Norwegians. It would appear that both Mawson and Sjxvold were in error regarding direction and distance of the mountains, which undoubtedly included Mt. Caroline Mikkelsen, seen and named by Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen on 20 February, 1935. Mawson named the mountains after the first member of the Australian Naval Board at the time of the expedition.

An oval lake in the Larsemann Hills situated in a very flat valley floor, with a vertical snow and ice cliff on its northern shore.

A bay about 13 km wide, just west of Cape Bage, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after H.D. Murphy, a member of the expedition.

Two rounded, dark grey rocks in the sea about 200 m in diameter and about 2 km offshore in the Vestfold Hills. Survey station NM/S/ 268 was established there in January 1979.

A dome-shaped rock feature, with flat areas to the north and east of the feature, situated about 6 km south-east of Mount McKenzie in the Amery Peaks, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956 and 1960. Named after Dr. L. Murray, medical officer at Macquarie Island in 1963 and medical officer at Wilkes in 1964.

A rock outcrop on the coast of Mac.Robertson Land, about 9 km east of Scullin Monolith; about 340 m above sea level. Land was sighted in this vicinity by BANZARE (1929-31) in January, 1930. During the second voyage of BANZARE on 13 February, 1931, a flag and proclamation were thrown ashore just before a landing was made at the nearby Scullin Monolith. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Sir George Murray, Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, a patron of the expedition.

Two islands off the coast of Enderby Land, about 1.5 km west of the Thala Hills. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Myall is the vernacular name for species of Acacia found in Australia.

A bathymetric deep slightly elongated in a NE-SW direction but with irregular boundaries which are poorly defined. The Nanok Deep is below 500 m and extends under the Amery Ice Shelf.

A group of peaks extending south-eastfrom Mount Codrington in Enderby Land, the highest being about 2300 m. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after the Hon. Sir John Mellis Napier, a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 1924-42, Chief Justice of South Australia, 1942-67. First visited by an ANARE party in 1960.

A lake on the N side of Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills E of Ekho Lake.

A glacial ice stream about one kilometre wide flowing northerly towards Corinthian Bay, Heard Island. It is bounded by rock ridges on either side.

A small nunatak about 16 km ENE of Crosby Nunataks in Enderby Land.

A scattered group of peaks and nunataks which lie E of Gaussiran Glacier and Merrick Glacier in the E part of Britannia Range.

"Named in recognition of its thin, elongated shape. It is an east north east trending island parallel to the south coast of Efremova Island and separated from Efremova Island by a 300m wide channel that is often blocked by small bergs and ice rafts."

A narrow rock ridge about 6 km south-west of Scullin Monolith in Mac.Robertson Land. The feature was mapped by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson in 1931. It was also mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The position of the feature was accurately fixed by John Manning, surveyor at Mawson in 1967 during a tellurometer controlled mapping survey. Mawson named the feature after a close friend of Sir MacPherson Robertson who has been instrumental in securing Mac.Robertson's contribution to Banzare funds.

A fjord, near Law Base in the Larsemann Hills, which separates Lied Promontory and Fletcher Promontory. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

An irregular raised undersea feature shallower than 500 m in depth, extending from under the Amery Ice Shelf and surrounding the Nanok Deep on its north-east and passing under the Amery Ice Shelf again.

A shoal sounding 4.5 m and situated 0.5 km from the eastern extremity of the largest of the Sawert Rocks, off the Mawson Coast of Mac.Robertson Land. The rock was struck by M.V. Nella Dan on 4 March 1969 on passage from Mawson to Melbourne.

The largest of the Frazier Islands, in Vincennes Bay. The southern edge of the island is a steep cliff rising sheer from the water to a high pointed peak 90 m high. The northern half of the island is a long ridge about 30 m high. First visited by an ANARE party on 21 January, 1956. Astrofix obtained by S. Kirkby, surveyor with Mawson 1956 party. Named because the island has several rookeries of Giant Petrels or Nellies.