Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the

Lanterman Range The Lanterman Range () is a mountain range about long and wide, forming the southwest part of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It is bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Sledgers Glacier, Black Glacier and Canham Glacier. Exploration and namin ...

in the

Bowers Mountains __NOTOC__ Bowers Mountains () is a group of north–south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km (90 mi) long and 56 km (35 mi) wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie gla ...

of Antarctica. It was mapped by the

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from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptive name was applied by the

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; when viewed in plan, the outline of the massif resembles a molar tooth.

Features

Geographical features include:

Canine Hills The Canine Hills () are a line of mostly snow-covered hills and ridges trending northwest–southeast for and forming the eastern half of Molar Massif in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were ...

* Dentine Peak *

Evison Glacier Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descripti ...

Husky Pass Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descripti ...

Incisor Ridge Incisor Ridge () is a ridge, long, forming the southwestern segment of Molar Massif in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Molar Massif by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 on the proposal of g ...

Leap Year Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

Tobogganers Icefall Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reache ...

Wisdom Hills Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descripti ...

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Mountains of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub

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