Borg Bastion (78°10′S 162°29′E / 78.167°S 162.483°E / -78.167; 162.483) is a prominent summit, 3,730 metres (12,240 ft) high, on Johns Hopkins Ridge, standing 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km) northwest of Mount Rucker in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after Scott G. Borg, a geologist who conducted field investigations in Antarctica, 1978–1994; from 1992 he was Program Manager for Polar Earth Sciences, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Borg Bastion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-02.

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