Mount Ryder
| Mount Ryder | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Tula Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 52 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Ryder is a mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises between the Harvey Nunatakkern and Mount Keyser in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by members of a team on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and 1957. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the mountain after Brian Paul Ryder (1935-2010), a radio operator at Mawson Station in 1961.
Web links
- Mount Ryder in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ryder on geographic.org (English)