Mount Franklin is a mountain in New Zealand. Located to the south of the
Takitimu Mountains at the edge of the
Southland Plains, this promontory rises above the nearby town off
Ohai. Mount Franklin was named by surveyor
James McKerrow
James McKerrow FRAS (7 July 1834 – 29 June 1919) was an astronomer, Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and Chief Commissioner of Railways in New Zealand.
McKerrow was the son of Andrew McKerrow and Margaret (''née'' Steven) his wife, and was b ...
after
John Franklin, who
perished
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in 1847 trying to navigate the
Northwest Passage in the
Arctic Ocean.
References
Mountains of Southland, New Zealand
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