Cumpston Massif

Cumpston Massif (73°36′S 66°48′E / 73.6°S 66.8°E / -73.6; 66.8) is a prominent, flat-topped rock outcrop, about 2,070 metres (6,790 ft) high, 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) long and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) km wide, at the junction of Lambert Glacier and Mellor Glacier in Mac. Robertson Land.

Discovery and naming

Cumpston Massif was discovered in November 1956, from an ANARE aircraft. Named for Dr J. S. Cumpston of the Australian Department of External Affairs who, along with E. P. Bayliss, was responsible for the map of Antarctic pub. in 1939 by the Property and Survey Branch, Department of the Interior, Canberra.^[1]

See also

• East Antarctica Ranges
• East Antarctic two-thousanders
• History of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions

References

1. ^ USGS GNIS: Cumpston Massif

"Cumpston Massif". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3406. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cumpston Massif" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 73°36′S 66°48′E / 73.6°S 66.8°E / -73.6; 66.8

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