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Franke, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Franke (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A mountain with much rock exposure on its north side, rising to about 1600m on the west side of the Shackleton Glacier, in the Bush Mountains of the Queen Maud Range. Discovered and photographed by USASE, 1939-41, on Flight C of 29 February - 1 March 1940, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Lieut-Cdr Willard J Franke, USN Squadron VX-6 at Little America V, 1957-58.
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