Mount Mason
| Mount Mason | ||
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| height | 815 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Mason is a 815 m high mountain on the Dufek coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises from the northeast end of the Lillie Range of the Queen Maud Mountains on the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf .
Participants in the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) discovered and photographed him in November 1929. It is named after Howard F. Mason (1901–1996), radio engineer on this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Mason in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Mason on geographic.org (English)