Name details

Mount Ruker

Ruker, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Ruker  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 131033

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A large, dark mountain just SW of Mount Rubin in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE in 1956. Named by ANCA for R.A. Ruker, geologist at Mawson Station, 1960.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 40' 00.0" S
-73.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 30' 00.0" E
64.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1995
Catalogue id
2782A6
Caption
Looking east
Photographer
Godbold, Mathew (Matt)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1967

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