Mount Franke

Mount Franke (84°37′S 177°4′W) is a prominent mountain, 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) high, with much rock exposed on its north side, standing between Mount Wasko and Mount Cole along the west side of Shackleton Glacier in Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957–58 and named by him for Lieutenant Commander Willard J. Franke, of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little America V in 1958.[1]

References
  1. "Franke, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-06.

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