Mount Masley
| Mount Masley | ||
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| height | 2605 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mesa Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Masley is a 2605 m high and striking mountain with a flattened peak in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the northern part of the Pain Mesa in the Mesa Range, it rises 18 km east of the Silva Ridge .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after Andrew Jerome Masley (* 1933), ionospheric physicist at McMurdo Station from 1962 until 1963.
Web links
- Mount Masley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Masley on geographic.org (English)