David Range

The David Range (67°54′S 62°30′E) is a mountain range 5 miles (8 km) west of the Masson Range, which it parallels, in the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica. It extends 16 miles (26 km) in a north-northeast–south-southwest direction, with peaks rising to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).

David Range
Location of David Range
Antarctica

It was discovered on 14 February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Professor Sir T.W. Edgeworth David.

Features of the David Range
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See also

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

References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "David Range". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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