Mount Ritchie
Mount Ritchie (78°32′S 158°25′E / 78.533°S 158.417°ECoordinates: 78°32′S 158°25′E / 78.533°S 158.417°E) is a mountain rising over 1600 m in the southeast part of Warren Range, Antarctica. The feature is 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Wise Peak on the west side of Deception Glacier. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1970–71, after , curator of fossils at the Australian Museum, Sydney, a member of the VUWAE party that discovered important sites of fossil fish in this Skelton Neve area.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Ritchie". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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