Rugg Peak

Rugg Peak (66°19′S 65°23′W / 66.317°S 65.383°W / -66.317; -65.383Coordinates: 66°19′S 65°23′W / 66.317°S 65.383°W / -66.317; -65.383) is a peak at the east side of Widmark Ice Piedmont southward of Crookes Peak, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Andrew Rugg-Gunn, English ophthalmic surgeon, who in 1934 brought together the relevant data on radiation and protective glasses to improve the design of snow goggles.

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