Mount Ruegg

Mount Ruegg (71°51′S 170°11′E / 71.850°S 170.183°E / -71.850; 170.183Coordinates: 71°51′S 170°11′E / 71.850°S 170.183°E / -71.850; 170.183) is the culminating peak (1,870 m) on the divide between DeAngelo Glacier and Moubray Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Captain H. Ruegg, nautical advisor to the Marine Department of New Zealand, a visitor to the Ross Sea area in 1956.

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