GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



thought the cape to be a part of the mainland. 

 Named for Framnesodden, a cape in the Langef jord 

 Fjord in Norway. The cape was surveyed by the 

 FIDS in 1953. Not adopted: Cape Framnaes, 

 Framnas [German]. 



FRAMNES HEAD: small, rocky point lying close 

 N. of Tofte Gl. at the SE. side of Sandef jord Bay, on 

 the W. side of Peter I Island; in about 68°51'S., 

 90°44'W. Charted and named by a Nor. exp. under 

 Nils Larsen, who made the first landing on Peter I 

 Island at this point in February 1929. Not 

 adopted: Framnaesodden [Norwegian]. 



FRAMNES MOUNTAINS: group of mountains 

 on Mac-Robertson Coast, between 67°41'S. and 

 68°10'S. and between 62°12'E. and 63°07'E., con- 

 sisting of Casey Range, Masson Range, David 

 Range, and adjacent peaks and mountains. The 

 three major ranges and other lesser features were 

 sighted and named in February 1931 by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson. This coast was also 

 sighted by Norwegian whalers in the same season. 

 The whole area was mapped in detail by the Nor- 

 wegians as a result of aerial photography taken 

 under the direction of Lars Christensen in January 

 1937. This overall name for the several ranges was 

 given by Christensen after Framnesfjellet, a hill 

 near Sandef jord, Norway. 



Fran Inlet: see Nantucket Inlet. 



FRANQAIS, MOUNT: snow-covered mountain 

 about 9,100 ft. in el., standing SE. of the center of 

 Anvers I. about 5 mi. NNE. of Borgen Bay, in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°38'S., 63°27'W. The Oster- 

 rieth Mtns., of which this mountain is the domi- 

 nant feature, have been known at least since the 

 BelgAE, under De Gerlache, explored the SE. coast 

 of Anvers I. in 1898. This mountain was later 

 sighted by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot, who 

 named it for the exp. ship Franqais. Not adopted: 

 Mount Francais. 



Franqais Bight: see Frangais Cove. 



FRANgAIS COVE: small cove at the SW. side of 

 Port Charcot, which indents the N. end of Booth I., 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in about 65°03'S., 

 64°01'W. Disc, and charted by the FrAE, 1903-5, 

 under Charcot. Named by Charcot after the exp. 

 ship Franqais, which was moored there during the 

 expedition's winter operations at Port Charcot in 

 1904. Not adopted: Frangais Bight. 



FRANgAIS GLACIER: glacier about 4 mi. wide 

 and 14 mi. long, flowing NNE. from the continental 

 ice to Adelie Coast, about 8 mi. W. of Barre Gl.; in 

 about 66°33'S., 138°15'E. Though no glaciers 



were noted on D'Urville's chart of this coast, the 

 close correlation of his "Bale des Ravins" feature 

 and narrative description with the indentation of 

 the coast near the foot of this glacier suggests 

 first sighting of this feature by the Fr. exp. under 

 D'Urville, 1837-40. During December 1912 F. H. 

 Bickerton and other members of the Main Base 

 Party of the AAE under Mawson camped on the 

 upland slopes close E. of the glacier, but no refer- 

 ence was made to the glacier in the AAE narratives 

 and scientific reports, though a clear view and 

 unpublished sketch were obtained of the distant 

 coast to the NW. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47. The 

 FrAE under Marret, 1952-53, sledged W. on the sea 

 ice off Adelie Coast to the ice cliffs close E. of the 

 glacier. Named for the Franqais, exp. ship of the 

 FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5. 



FRANCES, CAPE: cape on the E. side of Sturge 

 I., in the Balleny Is.; in about 67°30'S., 164°30'E. 

 In 1841, Capt. James Clark Ross, viewing Sturge I. 

 from a considerable distance, thought it a group of 

 three islands and named the center island, Frances. 

 This error was disc, in 1904 by Capt. Robert F. 

 Scott, who applied the name to this cape. 



FRANCIS ISLAND: island which is irregular in 

 shape, about 7 mi. long and 5 mi. wide, lying about 

 12 mi. ENE. of Cape Choyce, off the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°37'S., 64°45'W. Disc, and 

 photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940. 

 Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for 

 S. J. Francis, FIDS surveyor. Not adopted: 

 Robinson Island. 



Frank Houlder, Mount: see Houlder, Mount. 



FRANK NEWNES GLACIER: glacier descending 

 steeply from the high plateau of northern Victoria 

 Land into the S. part of Pressure Bay; in about 

 71°27'S., 169°17'E. First charted in 1899 by the 

 BrAE under C. E. Borchgrevink, who named this 

 feature for Frank Newnes, the only son of the exp. 

 sponsor, Sir George Newnes. 



FRANKLIN, MOUNT: peak standing about 2.5 

 mi. NNW. of Mt. Helen Washington, near the S. 

 end of the N. group of the Rockefeller Mtns., on 

 Edward VII Pen.; in about 78°03'S., 155°21'W. 

 Disc, and named by the ByrdAE, Jan. 27, 1929. 



Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea: see Amundsen Sea. 



FRANKLIN ISLAND: island about 12 mi. long in 

 a N.-S. direction and about 6 mi. wide, which lies 

 in the Ross Sea about 80 mi. E. of Victoria Land 

 and about 60 mi. N. of Cape Bird, Ross I.; in about 

 76°07'S., 168°20'E. Disc, in 1841 by a Br. exp. 



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