Mount Frakes

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 / 76.800°S 117.700°W / -76.800; -117.700Coordinates: 76°48′S 117°42′W / 76.800°S 117.700°W / -76.800; -117.700 [2]
Geography
Mount Frakes
Antarctica
Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range Crary Mountains
Geology
Mountain type Shield volcano
Last eruption Unknown

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, 1964-65 through 1967-68.[1]

Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and 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.

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 2005-01-14.
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