Masson Island
| Masson Island | ||
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| Waters | Shackleton Ice Shelf , Lake Mawson , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 8 ′ S , 96 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| length | 28 km | |
| Highest elevation | 465 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Masson Island is an icy, 28 km (according to Australian data 33 km) long and up to 465 m high island off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It is located 14 km northwest of Henderson Island in the middle of the Shackleton Ice Shelf .
Participants of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered them in February 1912. Mawson named them after the Australian chemist David Orme Masson (1858-1937) from the University of Melbourne , member of the advisory committee of the research trip .
Web links
- Masson Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Masson Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1009 (English).