Lowry Massif () is a compact block of ridgelines without a prominent culminating summit, rising to about on the south side of
Byrd Glacier
The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inl ...
, Antarctica. The unit is long and stands 3 nautical miles south-southwest of
Mount Tuatara. A section of
Shackleton Limestone
The Shackleton Limestone is a Cambrian limestone formation of the Byrd Group of Antarctica. The age of the formation is established to be Cambrian Stage 3, dated at ranging from 520 to 516 Ma. This period correlates with the End-Botomian mass ext ...
was measured here by
United States Antarctic Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
geologist
Edmund Stump
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector".
Persons named Edmund include:
People Kings and ...
on November 21, 2000. The
massif is named after geologist
Patrick H. Lowry, a member of Stump's
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
field parties, 1977–78 and 1978–79, the latter season being in the Byrd Glacier area.
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References
Mountains of Oates Land
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