Mount McMaster is an outcrop

Outcrop

An outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth. -Features:Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most places the bedrock or superficial deposits are covered by a mantle of soil and vegetation and cannot be...

 2,830 m above sea level, located about 74 km northeast of Mount Pardoe

Mount Pardoe

Mount Pardoe is a mountain, 790 m, between Wyers Ice Shelf and Priestley Peak on the shore of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Dr. R. Pardoe, a medical officer at Mawson...

 and 97 km west of Mount Elkins

Mount Elkins

Mount Elkins, also known as Jökelen is a dark, steep-sided mountain with three major peaks, the highest 2,300 metres above sea level. This peak is located in the Napier Mountains, in Enderby Land. Enderby Land is part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, in East Antarctica...

 in Enderby Land

Enderby Land

Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...

. Enderby Land is part of East Antarctica

East Antarctica

East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains...

, and is claimed by Australia

Australian Antarctic Territory

The Australian Antarctic Territory is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation...

.

At 2,830 meters above sea level, Mount McMaster is the highest peak in the Enderby Land Coast Ranges

Enderby Land Coast Ranges

The Enderby Land Coast Ranges are a mountain range centered at in Enderby Land, in the Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica. These ranges are considered to be a subset of their parent ranges, the Wilkes Land Coast Ranges. The Wilkes Land Coast Ranges are, in turn, a subsidiary of their...

. It is the second highest peak in the Wilkes Land Coast Ranges

Wilkes Land Coast Ranges

-Location:Wilkes Land Coast Ranges are centered at in the Wilkes Land area of the Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica. These ranges are considered to be a subset of their parent ranges, the East Antarctica Ranges. The highest peaks in the Wilkes Land Coast Ranges are listed below:-...

, which are the parent range of the Enderby Land Coast Ranges. It is the 15th highest peak in the East Antarctica Ranges

East Antarctica Ranges

The East Antarctica Ranges are one of the three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica, the others are the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica Ranges. The East Antarctica Ranges, located on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, have 29 known peaks whose summits reach or exceed 2000 meters above sea...

, which are the parent range of the Wilkes Land Coast Ranges.

The outcrop was named after A. McMaster, a surveyor with the ANARE Enderby Land Survey Party in 1976 who established a survey station on the summit.

See also

• History of Antarctica
  History of Antarctica
  The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe...
  
  
• List of Antarctic expeditions
• East Antarctica Ranges
  East Antarctica Ranges
  The East Antarctica Ranges are one of the three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica, the others are the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica Ranges. The East Antarctica Ranges, located on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, have 29 known peaks whose summits reach or exceed 2000 meters above sea...
  
  
• East Antarctic two-thousanders
  East Antarctic two-thousanders
  The three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica are the Transantarctic Mountains, the West Antarctica Ranges, and the East Antarctica Ranges. The East Antarctica Ranges, located on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, have 29 known peaks whose summits reach or exceed 2000 meters above sea level. These...
  
  
• List of East Antarctic two-thousanders

External links

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
• ANARE Club
• List of Peaks in Enderby Land