Masson Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Masson Range (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Range (2c)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
High broken chain of mountains, consisting primarily of North Masson, Central Masson, and South Masson Ranges, forming a part of the Framnes Mountains. Having several peaks over 1,000 m, the range extends in a N-S direction for 15 miles. Discovered and charted by the BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson, and named for Prof. Sir David Orme Masson, a member of the Advisory Committee for this expedition as well as the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson. First visited by an ANARE party led by John Bechervaise in 1956.
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