Mount frog
| Mount frog | ||
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| height | 2750 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Frosch is a mostly snow-covered and 2,750 m high mountain in the Victory Mountains in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 5 km northeast of Mount Riddoll at the head of the Borchgrevink Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1973 after Robert A. Frosch (* 1928), deputy secretary in research and development US Navy Development Department from 1971 to 1972.
Web links
- Mount frog in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Frosch on geographic.org (English)