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Rugg Peak
Rugg
Peak
is a peak at the
east side
of
Widmark Ice Piedmont
southward
of
Crookes Peak
, on the
west coast
of
Graham Land
.
Photographed
by
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd
. in 1956–57, and mapped from these
photos
by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1959 for
Andrew Rugg-Gunn
, English
ophthalmic surgeon
, who in
1934
brought together the relevant
data
on
radiation
and protective glasses to improve the design of
snow goggles
.
