Mount Ruegg
| Mount Ruegg | ||
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 Topographic map with Mount Ruegg (left below center) |
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| height | 1870 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Ruegg is a 1,870 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it rises at the confluence of the DeAngelo Glacier and the Moubray Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him after Harold Ruegg (1902-1990), nautical advisor to Maritime New Zealand and visitor to the Ross Sea region in 1956.
Web links
- Mount Ruegg in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ruegg on geographic.org (English)