Name details

Krall Crags

Krall Crags (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Krall Crags  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 127583

Feature type: Crag (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Two rock summits rising to over 1400 m on the NW slope of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. The feature is 1.2 mi WNW of Abbott Peak. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by US-ACAN (2000) after Sarah Krall who worked over 10 years in providing support to science in Antarctica. She was cook and camp manager at the lower Erebus Hut during the 1992-93 NSF-NASA Dante robot experiment on Mount Erebus. She also managed the food room at McMurdo Station, was the hovercraft pilot, and has also been a helicopter technician.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 27' 00.0" S
-77.45000°
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Longitude:
166° 48' 00.0" E
166.80000°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2000

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