Mount Franklin (Antarctica)
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Mount Franklin is a peak standing between Breckinridge Peak
and Washington Ridge
in the south group of the Rockefeller Mountains
, on Edward VII Peninsula
in Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on January 27, 1929. The name was applied by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41), which established a seismic station camp on this peak.
Breckinridge Peak
Breckinridge Peak is a peak in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains, standing southwest of Mount Nilsen on Edward VII Peninsula. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Colonel and Mrs. Henry Breckinridge of New York....
and Washington Ridge
Washington Ridge
Washington Ridge is a rock ridge surmounted by three peaks, standing 1.5 miles southeast of Mount Franklin in the south group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered on a Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of January 27, 1929. Named by Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd for his...
in the south group of the Rockefeller Mountains
Rockefeller Mountains
The Rockefeller Mountains are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow covered, standing 30 miles south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica....
, on Edward VII Peninsula
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of the Ross Dependency...
in Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on January 27, 1929. The name was applied by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41), which established a seismic station camp on this peak.