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Mount Francis () is a massive, ridgelike mountain, high, that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing between Tyler Glacier and Staircase Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica.


Exploration and name

Mount Francis was mapped by the
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(USGS) from surveys and
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air photos, 1960–62. It was named by the United States
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(US-ACAN) for Henry S. Francis, Jr., Director of the International Cooperation and Information Program at the Office of Antarctic Programs,
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. Francis wintered-over at Little America V Station in 1958 and made visits to Antarctica in other seasons.


Location

Mount Francis is in the center of a linear group of mountains and glaciers on the east side of the lower Tucker Glacier. Freimanis Glacier runs west to the north of the group. Features are, from northwest to southeast, Mount Greene, Mount Lozen, Tocci Glacier, Mount Gleaton, Helman Glacier, Taylor Peak, Tyler Glacier, Mount Francis, Staircase Glacier, Mount Titus, Kelly Glacier, Mount Pew, Towles Glacier, Mount Humphrey Lloyd, Mount Trident.


Features

Mountains to the northwest and southeast include


Mount Greene

. A mountain high at the south side of the mouth of Freimanis Glacier at the point the latter joins Tucker Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for First Lieutenant John H. Greene, United States Army, commander of the helicopter detachment that supported the USGS Topo North-South survey of the area, 1961-62.


Mount Lozen

. A mountain high at the northwest side of the head of Tocci Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Michael R. Lozen, United States Navy, radioman at McMurdo Station, 1967.


Mount Gleaton

. A mountain high that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing near the end of the ridge just north of Helman Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Clarence E. Gleaton, Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army, helicopter pilot in support of the USGS Topo North-South survey of this area, 1961-62.


Taylor Peak

. The main peak high of the heights separating Helman and Tyler Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for C.B. Taylor, aurora scientist, New Zealand scientific leader at Hallett Station, 1962.


Mount Titus

. A mountain, high, surmounting the heights between the Staircase and Kelly Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Robert W. Titus, meteorologist, station scientific leader at Hallett Station, 1961.


Mount Pew

. A mountain that surmounts the central part of the ridge separating Kelly and Towles Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for James A. Pew, geophysicist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.


Mount Humphrey Lloyd

. A conspicuous mountain high which forms a substantial part of the divide between the heads of Towles and Manhaul Glaciers. Discovered in 1841 by Sir
James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, Sir John Ross, John ...
. He named this feature for the Rev. Doctor Humphrey Lloyd of Trinity College, Dublin, an active member of the British Association which promoted interest in magnetic and meteorological research in the Antarctic.


Mount Trident

. A prominent peak high with three closely-spaced summits, rising above Trigon Bluff on the north side of Tucker Glacier. So named by
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(NZGSAE), 1957-58, because of the three summits.


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