Mount Frakes [SEP] continent
Mount Frakes
Mount Frakes is a prominent shield volcano marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica and is the third highest volcanic elevation on the continent.
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.
See also.
- List of volcanoes
Frakes
Frakes may refer to:
- Frakes, Kentucky, unincorporated community in Bell County
- Mount Frakes, prominent mountain marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains in Marie Byrd Land
- Frakes Aviation, American aircraft manufacturer
People with the surname.
- Bill Frakes, American photographer
- Frank Frakes (1860–1933), American pioneer rancher
- Jerold Frakes, American literature historian
- Jonathan Frakes (born 1952), American actor and director
- Laura J. Frakes, American educator
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