Robertson Massif is a rugged, mainly ice-covered massif

Massif

In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole...

, 7 miles long, located north of Pa Tio Tio Gap

Pa Tio Tio Gap

Pa Tio Tio Gap is a glacier-filled gap at 1,000 m. It trends east-west between Robertson Massif and Endeavour Massif in Kirkwood Range, Victoria Land. "Pa Tio Tio" is a Maori word meaning "frozen over"....

. The feature includes Mount Gauss

Mount Gauss

Mount Gauss is the northernmost peak of the Kirkwood Range in Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature after Professor Karl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician and astronomer....

 and Mount Chetwynd

Mount Chetwynd

Mount Chetwynd is a mountain, over high, immediately south of Mount Gauss in the Kirkwood Range of Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and named for Sir Peter Chetwynd, a naval friend of Scott's, who was later Superintendent of Compasses at the...

 and forms the north segment of Kirkwood Range

Kirkwood Range

Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal range extending north-south between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier...

. Named after William Robertson

William Robertson

Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1916 to 1918, during the First World War...

, Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 and Surveyor-General of the Department of Survey and Land Information, 1988–96; directed programs for Antarctic surveying, mapping and place naming; currently a member of SCAR.