The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the

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on names for features in the

Australian Antarctic Territory The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is administered by the Australian Antarctic Division, an agency of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the En ...

and the subantarctic territory of

Heard Island The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size ...

and the

McDonald Islands The McDonald Islands () are an uninhabited archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Heard Island (). Together with Heard Island, they make up the Australian external Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The McDona ...

. The committee also issues nominations

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for the award of the Australian Antarctic Medal. Committee members were appointed by the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Antarctic matters. The committee was founded in 1952 as the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, and changed to the current name in 1982 to reflect the multiple functions that the committee is responsible for. The committee was replaced by the Australian Antarctic Division Place names Committee in 2015.

Features named by the committee

* Fyfe Hills, named after W.V. Fyfe,

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Goldsworthy Ridge Mount Henderson () is a mountain in the Framnes Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land in the Antarctic. It is southeast of Holme Bay and northeast of the Masson Range. Physical Mount Henderson is a massive mountain rising through the ice sheet south ...

, named after R.W. Goldsworthy, survey field assistant * Gowlett Peaks, named after Alan Gowlett, engineer * Haigh Nunatak, named after John Haigh, geophysicist *

McNair Nunatak McNair Nunatak () is a small, clearly defined rock exposure in Antarctica, situated east of the central part of the Masson Range and south-southeast of Russell Nunatak. It was first seen by R. Dovers during the Australian National Antarctic Res ...

, named after Richard McNair, cook *

Onley Hill Mount Henderson () is a mountain in the Framnes Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land in the Antarctic. It is southeast of Holme Bay and northeast of the Masson Range. Physical Mount Henderson is a massive mountain rising through the ice sheet south ...

, named after L. Onley, weather observer *

Trost Rocks Trost Rocks () is a two rock outcrops at the northeast end of Single Island on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The rocks were photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 and their position fix ...

, named after P.A. Trost, electronics engineer

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Features named by the committee

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