Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Franke (NZL) | 84° 37' 00.0" S | 177° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113335
Place ID: 4920
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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| Mount Franke (RUS) | 84° 31' 00.0" S | 177° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118074 Place ID: 4920 | |||
| Mount Franke (USA) | 84° 37' 00.0" S | 177° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125367
Place ID: 4920
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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