Rugg Peak () is a peak on the east side of
Widmark Ice Piedmont south of
Crookes Peak, on the west coast of
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
. Photographed by
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd was a British aerial photography
Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other flight, airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial v ...
in 1956–57, it was mapped from these photos by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...
(FIDS). It was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
(UK-APC) in 1959 after
Andrew Rugg-Gunn, an English ophthalmic surgeon, who, in 1934, brought together relevant data on radiation and protective glasses to improve the design of snow goggles.
Mountains of Graham Land
Loubet Coast
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