Mount Franklin (Antarctica)
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Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Mount Franklin (bottom left) |
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height | 450 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Rockefeller Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Franklin is a 450 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains between Breckinridge Peak and Washington Ridge .
It was discovered on January 27, 1929 during an overflight on the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The designation took place in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), also led by Byrd . The namesake is not known.
Web links
- Mount Franklin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Franklin on geographic.org (English)