The Framnes Mountains are an

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consisting of

Casey Range Casey Range is a jagged, razor-backed ridge and a few nunataks in a line extending north–south, standing 8 miles west of David Range, in the Framnes Mountains. Discovered by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (B ...

Masson Range The Masson Range is a high broken chain of mountains, consisting primarily of the North Masson, Central Masson and South Masson Ranges and the Trilling Peaks, forming a part of the Framnes Mountains. Having several peaks over , the range extends ...

David Range The David Range () is a mountain range west of the Masson Range, which it parallels, in the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica. It extends in a north-northeast–south-southwest direction, with peaks rising to . It was discovered on 14 February 19 ...

, and Brown Range, and adjacent peaks and mountains. The three major ranges and other lesser features were sighted and named in February 1931 by the

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under

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. This coast was also sighted by

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whalers in the same season. The whole area was mapped in detail by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the

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in January 1937. This overall name for the several ranges was given by

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after Framnesfjellet, a hill near

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, Norway.

Features of the Framnes Mountains

* Brown Range * Butler Nunataks *

Shark Peak The Framnes Mountains are an Antarctica, Antarctic mountain range consisting of Casey Range, Masson Range, David Range, and Brown Range, and adjacent peaks and mountains. The three major ranges and other lesser features were sighted and named in F ...

Trilling Peaks Trilling Peaks is a group of linear nunataks: the three main peaks standing three miles south of South Masson Range in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedi ...

Van Hulssen Nunatak Van Hulssen Nunatak () is a nunatak at the south end of the Trilling Peaks in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named b ...

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Mountain ranges of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub

Features of the Framnes Mountains

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