Rougier Hill
| Rougier Hill | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cumulus Hills , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Rougier Hill is an ice-free hill in the East Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the northern Cumulus Hills of the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises east of the LaPrade Valley and above the southern flank of the McGregor Glacier .
Participants in the Texas Tech University expedition to Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) named him after Michael Rougier, photographer for Life magazine on this research trip , who had a serious accident while climbing the hill.
Web links
- Rougier Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rougier Hill on geographic.org (English)