Masson Range
| Masson Range | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Framnes Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 51 ′ S , 62 ° 50 ′ E | |
The Masson Range is a rugged mountain range in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land , which forms part of the Framnes Mountains . With numerous peaks of over 1000 m , the range extends north-south over a length of 24 km.
It was discovered during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . It is named after the Australian chemist David Orme Masson (1858-1937), a member of the advisory board of this expedition, who also advised Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914). The mountain range was first visited in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions by a team led by the Australian polar explorer John Béchervaise (1910-1998).
Web links
- Masson Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Masson Range on geographic.org (English)