Name details

David Range

David Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

David Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2230

Feature type: Range

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A range about 11 km west of and parallel to the Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. BANZARE saw the peaks of this range, together with those of the Masson and Casey Ranges, miraged on the horizon during the evening of 4 January 1930. They were again seen the following day from the aeroplane. The range was mapped on 14 February, 1931, from the Discovery. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Professor Sir T. W. Edgeworth David, a member of the BANZARE Committee.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 50' 00.0" S
-67.83333°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
62° 32' 17.0" E
62.53806°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
1444.2 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Mel Fitzpatrick 2003
Catalogue id
IA16470
Caption
View of the David Range from the Central Masson Range looking west. In the foreground, an ice wave feature appears in the evening light.
Photographer
Fitzpatrick, Mel

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Framnes Mountains 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
fram25k
Source Scale:
1:2000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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