Roberts Massif

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Roberts Massif
height 2700  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 85 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 177 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 85 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 177 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  W
Roberts Massif (Antarctica)
Roberts Massif
Liv Glacier map sheet from 1965, Roberts Massif in the middle of the western part of the map

Liv Glacier map sheet from 1965, Roberts Massif in the middle of the western part of the map

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The Roberts Massif is a striking ice-free mountain massive in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 2,700  m at the head of the Shackleton Glacier and extends over an area of ​​around 100 km 2 in the Queen Maud Mountains .

It was explored for the first time by participants in the 1961 to 1962 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , who named it after Athol Renouf Roberts (1911-1981), the director of Scott Base from 1961 to 1962.

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