Mount Frakes
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.
| Mount Frakes | |
|---|---|
 Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,675 m (12,057 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 1,780 m (5,840 ft) [2] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 76°48′S 117°42′W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Frakes Antarctica | |
| Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| Parent range | Crary Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic field | Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
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, 1964-65 through 1967–68.[1]
Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and Steere (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Crary Mountains
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Frakes
- "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.
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