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 of

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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

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under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Professor Sir T.W. Edgeworth David.

Features of the David Range

* Bypass Nunatak * Gap Nunatak * Hordern Gap * Mount Coates *

Mount Hordern Mount Hordern () is a peak, high, standing south of Mount Coates in the David Range of Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, and named for Sir Samuel Hord ...

* Mount Lawrence * Mount Parsons *

Mount Tritoppen Mount Tritoppen () is a triple-peaked mountain, 1,350 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Hordern in the David Range of the Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christense ...

Mount Twintop Mount Twintop () is a twin-peaked mountain about 6 nautical miles (11 km) south-southwest of Mount Tritoppen in the south part of the David Range, Framnes Mountains. Immediately north of Mount Twintop are the Butler Nunataks, and Venture Do ...

Smith Peaks Smith Peaks () is a group of peaks standing close south of Mount Hordern in the David Range of the Framnes Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37. Remapped by ANARE ( ...

* Sortindane Peaks

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images of the David Range

David Range area satellite image

David Range area map

References

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

Features of the David Range

See also

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