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Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land , East Antarctica in the Australian Antarctic Territory , a territory claimed by Australia .
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA [1] [3] (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Douglas Mawson: 30 Geologist, expedition leader Only survivor of party of three sledging to east of base, 1912–13, Ninnis and Mertz having died. [12] Mawson returned to the Antarctic in 1929 and 1931 as leader of BANZARE. [13] Archibald Lang McLean: 26 Chief medical officer, bacteriologist Member of party that remained for second winter, 1913 ...
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest Shackleton 's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909.
Mawson Coast was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after Mawson in recognition of his great contribution to Antarctic exploration. [ 1 ] Trethewry Point is a rocky promontory 120 m (390 ft) high, projecting from the coast 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of William Scoresby Bay on the Mawson Coast.
The Masson Range was discovered and charted by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Douglas Mawson, and named for Professor Sir David Orme Masson, a member of the Advisory Committee for this expedition as well as the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, also under Mawson.
Masson Island is located in the western part of Mawson Sea at and has an elevation of 465 metres (1,526 Masson Island was discovered in February 1912 by the Australian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson , who named it for Professor Sir David Orme Masson of Melbourne , a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition Advisory Committee.
Location of Mawson Escarpment, Mac. Robertson Land , Antarctica Mawson Escarpment ( 73°5′S 68°10′E / 73.083°S 68.167°E / -73.083; 68.167 ) is a flat-topped, west-facing escarpment which extends in a north–south direction for 110 km (70 mi) along the east side of Lambert Glacier in Antarctica