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
Elevation3,675 m (12,057 ft)[1]
Prominence1,780 m (5,840 ft)[2]
ListingUltra
Coordinates76°48′S 117°42′W[2]
Geography
Mount Frakes
Antarctica
LocationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeCrary Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeShield volcano
Volcanic fieldMarie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
Last eruptionUnknown

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

See also

References

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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