Lady Franklin

Lady Franklin

Lady Frankin may refer to:

  • Jane Franklin (1791-1875), Tasmanian pioneer and second wife of the explorer Sir John Franklin

In places:

  • Lady Franklin Bay, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
  • Lady Franklin Island, Davis Strait, Nunavut, Canada
  • Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut, Canada
  • Lady Franklin Rock, an island in the Fraser River above Yale, British Columbia, Canada

In ships:

  • Lady Franklin (ship), a Canadian ice-strengthened cargo vessel chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division after the 1987 scuttling of the Nella Dan
  • Lady Franklin (schooner), a ship that went missing near Tasmania in 1838

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