Mount Frakes is a prominent shield volcano marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica[1] and is the third highest volcanic elevation on the continent.

Mount Frakes
Mounts Frakes (left) and Steere (right) from the northeast.
Highest point
Elevation	3,675 m (12,057 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,780 m (5,840 ft)[2]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	76°48′S 117°42′W[2]
Geography
Mount Frakes Antarctica
Location	Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Crary Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Shield volcano
Volcanic field	Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province
Last eruption	Unknown

The mountain was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Lawrence A. Frakes, United States Antarctic Program geologist who worked three summer seasons in the Falkland Islands and Antarctica, 1964-65 through 1967–68.[1]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Antarctica
• List of Ultras of Antarctica

References

Sources

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
• "Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond". Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. 2007 [1997]. Retrieved 14 January 2005.

External links

• "Mount Frakes, Antarctica" on Peakbagger

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