Mount Rath () is an
Antarctic mountain
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six nautical miles (11 km) north-northeast of
Mount Owen, in the
Hutton Mountains of
Palmer Land.
Mount Rath was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and from
U.S. Navy
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air photos, taken from 1961 to 1967. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for
Arthur E. Rath, an electronics technician who was stationed at the
South Pole Station
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Etymology
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in 1964.
Mountains of Palmer Land
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