Central Masson Range


The Central Masson Range is the central segment of the three parts of the Masson Range, Antarctica.
It rises to and extends in a north–south direction.

Physical

The Central Masson Range is to the east and south of the North Masson Range.
Blair Peak ( at its northern end is a nunatak that is separate from the main massif.
The northern part of this range has similar geology and structure to the North Masson Range.

Botany

Lichen collected at the north end of the main mass and south included twelve fairly plentiful species of lichen, notably Rhizocarpon flavium.

Exploration

The Masson Range was discovered and named by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Douglas Mawson.
This central range was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "Mekammen".
The approved name, suggested by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia in 1960, more clearly identifies the feature as a part of Masson Range.

Features

Features include:

Blair Peak

Sharp peak,, situated southeast of Rumdoodle Peak in the Masson Range of the Framnes Mountains.
Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.
Remapped by ANARE, 1957-60, and named for James Blair, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station, 1958.
Blair Peak stands apart from the other mountains in the Masson and David ranges, and from its summit gives a panoramic view of these ranges.

Ferguson Peak

Altitude.
A peak about west of the main massif of the Central Masson Range, Mac.Robertson Land, just north of Phillips Ridge.
Named after O Ferguson, senior technician at Mawson in 1962.

Phillips Ridge

Ridge, long, standing west of the main massif of the Central Masson Range in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land.
Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the.Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.
Named by ANCA for J. Phillips, physicist at Mawson Station in 1962.

Dallice Peak

The highest peak of the Central Masson Range, near its southern end.
The peak, above sea level, rises from a high ridge and is not very prominent.
Named for Dalice Trost, daughter of Peter A Trost, physicist at Mawson in 1958.