Mason Spur
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Mason Spur is an elevated spur, partially ice-covered and over 1,300 m high, which projects eastward from Mount Morning
in Victoria Land
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1963 for Robert Mason
, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative at McMurdo Station
, 1962-63.
Mount Morning
Mount Morning is a dome-shaped stratovolcano standing WSW of Mount Discovery and east of Koettlitz Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for the Morning, relief ship to the expedition....
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in 1963 for Robert Mason
Robert Mason
Robert Mason may refer to:*Robert Mason *Robert Mason , Member of Parliament for Wansbeck 1918–1922...
, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1962-63.