Mount Rigel
Mount Rigel is the highest peak of Orion Massif, Rymill Coast, Palmer Land, Antarctica, with an elevation of 1,910 m (6,270 ft). It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey using U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken between 1966 and 1969 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1976 after the star Rigel in the constellation Orion.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Rigel". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Coordinates: 70°24′S 66°52′W / 70.400°S 66.867°W
Categories:
- Mountains of Palmer Land
- Palmer Land geography stubs