The David Range () is a mountain range west of the
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 ...
, which it parallels, in the
Framnes Mountains
The Framnes Mountains are an 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 February 19 ...
of
Antarctica
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. It extends in a north-northeast–south-southwest direction, with peaks rising to .
It was discovered on 14 February 1931 by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers. It was a British Commonwealth initiative, dr ...
under
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...
, who named it for Professor Sir
T.W. Edgeworth David.
Features of the David Range
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Bypass Nunatak
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Gap Nunatak
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Hordern Gap
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Mount Coates
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Mount Hordern
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Mount Lawrence
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Mount Parsons
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Mount Tritoppen
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Mount Twintop
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Smith Peaks
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Sortindane Peaks
See also
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Simpson Ridge, a feature nearby Mount Twintop
Further reading
* United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center,
Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60°', P 293
* James P. Minard, United States. Antarctic Projects Office,
Glaciology and Glacial Geology of Antarctica', P 19
* Damien Gildea,
Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide'
* B. A. Marmo, J. Dawson,
Movement and structural features observed in ice masses, Framnes Mountains, Mac.Robertson Land, East Antarctica', Annals of Glaciology, Volume 23 1996, pp. 388–395, Cambridge University Press, 20 January 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3189/S0260305500013689
External links
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USGS
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website
David Rangeon
AADC website
David Rangeon
SCAR
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website
images of the David RangeDavid Range area satellite imageDavid Range area map
References
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Mountain ranges of Mac. Robertson Land
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