Mount Rigby

Mount Rigby

Mount Rigby (85°33′S 154°35′W / 85.55°S 154.583°W / -85.55; -154.583) is a mountain, 950 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Mount Hastings, just west of the mouth of Scott Glacier, in the Karo Hills. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John F. Rigby, geologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66.

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