Mount Frieze
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 Topographic map with Mount Fries (bottom right) |
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| height | 1985 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Fries is a striking and 1985 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises immediately south of the mouth of the Zeller Glacier in the Byrd Glacier and is one of the westernmost peaks along the south face of the Byrd Glacier.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1965 after Robert H. Fries, aurora researcher at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1963.
Web links
- Mount Fries in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Fries on geographic.org (English)