Mount Massam () is a broad ice-covered
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
about west of
Mount Lindley Mount Lindley () is a mountain, high, standing on the west side of Starshot Glacier, north of Mount Hoskins in Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Lord Lindley
Nathaniel Lindley, ...
, in the
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier.
Se ...
of Antarctica. It was named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges Party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 195 ...
(1964–65) for
D. Massam D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation:
* Don (honorific), a form of address in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and their former overseas empires, usually given to nobles or other individuals of high social rank.
* Date of death, as an abbreviati ...
, a member of the party.
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References
Mountains of Oates Land
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