Mount Rukhin

Mount Rukhin

Mount Rukhin (71°35′S 15°7′E / 71.583°S 15.117°E / -71.583; 15.117) is a small mountain, 1,740 m, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Ekho Mountain in the Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after L.B. Rukhin, professor at Leningrad State University, who died in 1959.

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