North Masson Range

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Mountain range in Antarctica

title: "North Masson Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-mac.-robertson-land"] description: "Mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-mac-robertson-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Masson_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::

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Physical

The North Masson Range covers an area of about 6.5 by. Its highest point is Mount Ward at 1030 m above sea level. Most of the rocks are similar to those at Mawson Station, but the northern tip is made of metamorphosed sediments. Painted Peak in the northern tip is banded with different layers of sediments. There are plentiful lichens in the range, including very large Omphalodiscus antarcticus specimens growing in crevices in rocks upwards from near the surface of the melt lakes. There are moraine and scree slopes along the foot of the range which divide the melt lakes. A long line of moraine extends along the flow lines for 5 to northward toward the coast. All the moraine boulders carry a wide variety of lichens.

Exploration

The Masson Range was discovered and named by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929–31, under Mawson. This northern range was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Nordkammen (the north comb or crest). The approved name, suggested by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1960, more clearly identifies the feature as a part of Masson Range.

Features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Framnes_Mountains_Satellite_Image_Map_Masson_Range.jpg" caption="Masson Mountains (upper and center) and Trilling Peaks (lower)"] ::

Features include:

Painted Peak

Main article: Painted Peak

Rumdoodle Peak

Main article: Rumdoodle Peak

Mount Ward

Lake Lorna

Fearn Hill

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-11-07 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.|publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}

  • {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=661 |accessdate=2023-12-01 |title=Fearn Hill |work=Gazetteer |publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}

  • {{citation |url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/site/assets/files/64898/ar_82.pdf |accessdate=2023-11-28 |last=Filson |first=Rex B. |title=The Lichens and Mosses of Mac. Robertson Land |year=1966 |publisher=Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs Australia}}

  • {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/framnes_sat |accessdate=2023-11-18 |title=Framnes Mountains Satellite Image Map |publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}

  • {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=1182 |accessdate=2023-12-01 |title=Lake Lorna |work=Gazetteer |publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}

  • {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=1459 |accessdate=2023-12-01 |ref= |title=Mount Ward |work=COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA |publisher=Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)}}

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