Mount Rukhin

Coordinates: 71°35′S 15°7′E / 71.583°S 15.117°E / -71.583; 15.117
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Mount Rukhin (71°35′S 15°7′E / 71.583°S 15.117°E / -71.583; 15.117) is a small mountain, 1,740 m, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) southwest of Ekho Mountain in the Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped from air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after L.B. Rukhin, professor at Leningrad State University, who died in 1959.

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