Antarctica

Huggins, Mount

Mount Rücker is a mountain, 3,815 metres high, immediately south of Johns Hopkins Ridge, in the , Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for Sir Arthur Rucker, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,735 metres
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Huggins”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waiparahoaka Mountain.

Peak
Mount Rücker is a mountain, 3,815 metres high, immediately south of Johns Hopkins Ridge, in the , Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for Sir Arthur Rucker, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society.

Huggins, Mount

Latitude
-78.28511° or 78° 17′ 6″ south
Longitude
162.48549° or 162° 29′ 8″ east
Elevation
3,735 metres (12,254 feet)
Named after
William Huggins
Open location code
2VH4PF7P+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7949608275
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6635260
Wiki­data ID
Q3861628
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Huggins, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل هاغينز”
  • Cebuano: “Huggins”
  • Chinese: “哈金斯山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Huggins”
  • French: “mont Huggins”
  • French: “Mont Huggins”
  • German: “Mount Huggins”
  • Hebrew: “הר האגינס (אנטארקטיקה)”
  • Hebrew: “הר האגינס”
  • Italian: “Monte Huggins”
  • Italian: “Mount Huggins”
  • Ladin: “Mount Huggins”
  • Low German: “Mount Huggins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Huggins”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Huggins”
  • Swedish: “Huggins”
  • Swedish: “Mount Huggins”
  • Venetian: “Monte Huggins”

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