Mount Lopatin

Mount Lopatin (72°51′S 168°4′E / 72.850°S 168.067°E / -72.850; 168.067Coordinates: 72°51′S 168°4′E / 72.850°S 168.067°E / -72.850; 168.067) 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]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Lopatin" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).