Mount Tukotok

Mount Tukotok (72°17′S 164°43′E) is a red granite peak, 2,540 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Mount Apolotok in Salamander Range, Freyberg Mountains. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963–64; the name is of Eskimo origin and means "the little red one."

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

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