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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