Mount Riddolls
Highest point
Elevation3,295 m (10,810 ft)[1]
Coordinates72°48′S 167°46′E / 72.800°S 167.767°E / -72.800; 167.767
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeVictory Mountains, Rudolph Glacier

Mount Riddolls is a very prominent Antarctic mountain at an elevation of 3,295 metres (10,810 ft), situated directly at the head of Rudolph Glacier in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land.[2] Named by the Mariner Glacier geology party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) of 1966–67, for Bruce W. Riddolls, the assistant geologist with the party.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mount Riddolls Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. ↑ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Riddolls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 
  3. ↑ Tom Kitchin Life story: Geologist Dr Bruce Riddolls committed to the craft Stuff Aug 17 2019


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