Mount Frontz

Mount Frontz (85°46′S 131°46′W / 85.767°S 131.767°W / -85.767; -131.767Coordinates: 85°46′S 131°46′W / 85.767°S 131.767°W / -85.767; -131.767) is a prominent mountain in the western Wisconsin Range, Antarctica. It is 2,010 metres (6,600 ft) high, and rises between Mount Vito and Griffith Peak on the east side of Reedy Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Leroy Frontz, an aircraft commander during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Frontz, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).