Mount Franklin (Antarctica)
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Mount Franklin is a peak standing between Breckinridge Peak and
Washington Ridge The Rockefeller Mountains () are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow-covered, standing 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica. Discovered ...
in the southern group of the
Rockefeller Mountains The Rockefeller Mountains () are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow-covered, standing 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica. Discovered ...
, on Edward VII Peninsula in
Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on January 27, 1929. The name was applied by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41), which established a seismic station camp on this peak.


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Mountains of King Edward VII Land {{Ross-mountain-stub