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Mount Franklin

1,646 m5,400 ft

Prominence: 143 m469 ft
Isolation: 2.5 km
Tonight: 9°CRain showers · Wind 17 km/h NW

Mount Franklin is a 1,646 m (5,400 ft) mountain in the Brindabella Ranges, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 1,646 m · 5,400 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ginini (1,762 m)
Range: Brindabella Ranges
Region: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates: 35.4854° S, 148.7768° E

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3D map

Mount Franklin 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Franklin terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Franklin elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Franklin weather

Today · Rain showers at night · 9 / 20°C (48 / 68°F) · 5.6 mm · Wind 17 km/h NW

Mount Franklin forecast for the summit, about 1,646 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 835 m.

Today9°20°5.6 mm17 km/h NWBase 14 / 25°
Sun4°14°32.8 mm24 km/h NWBase 9 / 19°
Mon-2°11°0.1 mm19 km/h WBase 2 / 16°
Tue-3°7°0.2 mm19 km/h WBase 2 / 12°
Wed0°12°–16 km/h SWBase 5 / 17°
Thu4°14°0.1 mm8 km/h NWBase 9 / 19°
Fri5°13°4.1 mm15 km/h NWBase 10 / 18°
Sat5°14°1.6 mm17 km/h WBase 10 / 19°
Sun-2°12°6.7 mm9 km/h SBase 3 / 17°
Mon3°12°–12 km/h NBase 8 / 17°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

28.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

62.2%

Steep, 30–45°

9.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 856 m low point 835 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 99.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 193 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Southern Grass Skink18
Bright Shield-skipper15
Correa Brown13
Trunk-climbing Skink12
Australian Painted Lady11
Lesser Grass Blue10

Where it sits

Where Mount Franklin sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount TaylorPeak · 856 m30 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGMount Franklin satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-14.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,647 m at the summit; the official height is 1,646 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,646 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,647 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,644 m	-2 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia