Mount Ruker

Mount Ruker (73°40′S 64°30′E / 73.667°S 64.500°E / -73.667; 64.500Coordinates: 73°40′S 64°30′E / 73.667°S 64.500°E / -73.667; 64.500) is a large, dark mountain just southwest of Mount Rubin in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Richard Anthony Ruker, geologist at Mawson Station, 1960.

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