Mount Rhone
| Mount Rhone | ||
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| height | 2020 m | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Rhone is a 2020 m high mountain in the Australian Antarctic Territory . It is the highest peak of Bucknell Ridge in the northeastern part of the Britannia Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Christopher M. Rhone (1949-2008), communications officer in the United States Navy support units in Antarctica from 1992 to 1994 and head of information systems at Antarctic Support Associates from 1994 to 2000.
Web links
- Mount Rhone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rhone on geographic.org (English)