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Mount Rhone

Coordinates: 79°59′S 158°44′E / 79.983°S 158.733°E / -79.983; 158.733
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Mount Rhone
Highest point
Elevation2,020 m (6,630 ft)
Coordinates79°59′S 158°44′E / 79.983°S 158.733°E / -79.983; 158.733
Geography
LocationOates Land, East Antarctica
Parent rangeBritannia Range

Mount Rhone is the highest peak (2,020 metres (6,630 feet)) in the Bucknell Ridge in the northeast part of the Britannia Range. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Christopher M. Rhone, a communications officer with the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1992–94; Director of Information Systems with the ASA,[clarification needed] 1994–2000.

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