Mount Frakes
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation3,675 m (12,057 ft)[1]
Prominence1,780 m (5,840 ft)[2]
ListingUltra
Coordinates76°48′S 117°42′W / 76.800°S 117.700°W / -76.800; -117.700[2]
Geography
Mount Frakes is located in Antarctica
Mount Frakes
Mount Frakes
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeCrary Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeShield volcano
Volcanic fieldMarie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
Last eruptionUnknown

Mount Frakes is a prominent shield volcano marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica[1] and is the third highest volcanic elevation on the continent. The mountain was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Lawrence A. Frakes, United States Antarctic Program geologist who worked three summer seasons in the Falkland Islands and Antarctica, 1964-1965 through 1967–1968.[1]

Mountains nearby Mount Frakes include Mount Steere at 11.4 kilometers, Toney Mountain at 121.66 kilometers, Zurn Peak at 130.3 kilometers, Mount Murphy at 251.0 kilometers and etc.[3]

Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and Mount Steere (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Crary Mountains.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Frakes
  2. 1 2 "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. "Mount Frakes Mountain Information". www.mountain-forecast.com. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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