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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 United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A prominent mountain (1,600 m) with much rock exposed on its N side, standing between Mount Wasko and Mount Cole along the W side of Shackleton Glacier. Discovered and photographed by the USAS, 1939-41. Surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58 and named by him for Lt. Cdr. Willard J. Franke, USN, of USN Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little America V, 1958.
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