Mount Lopatin
Highest point
Elevation2,670 m (8,760 ft)
Coordinates72°51′S 168°4′E / 72.850°S 168.067°E / -72.850; 168.067
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeVictory Mountains

Mount Lopatin is a mountain, 2,670 metres (8,760 ft) high, situated 6 nautical miles (11 km) east-southeast of Mount Riddolls in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Boris Lopatin, a Soviet exchange scientist at McMurdo Station, 1968.[1]

References

  1. "Mount Lopatin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

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