Mount Lopatin

Mount Lopatin

Mount Lopatin (72°51′S 168°4′E / 72.85°S 168.067°E / -72.85; 168.067) is a mountain (2,670 m) situated 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-southeast of Mount Riddolls in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Boris Lopatin, Soviet exchange scientist at McMurdo Station, 1968.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Lopatin" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).