Mount Massam
| Mount Massam | ||
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| height | 2494 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Massam is a massive, icy and 2494 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Churchill Mountains it rises 8 miles west of Mount Lindley .
Participants in the 1964 to 1965 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition to explore the Holyoake Range , the Cobham Range and the Queen Elizabeth Range named the mountain after David Graham Massam (1935-2004), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Massam in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Massam on geographic.org (English)