Ebel Hills
| Ebel Hills | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 13 ′ S , 160 ° 51 ′ E | |
The Ebel Hills are a group of rugged hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . They rise up at the head of Frazier Glacier , where it drops from the edge of Webb Cirque east of Skew Peak . They are spread over a length of 2.5 km and reach heights of up to 2300 m .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names made the nomination in 2007. It is named after Michael Scott Ebel (* 1956), maintenance technician at the McMurdo station in five Antarctic summer campaigns from 2003 onwards, who also worked at this station every year between 1988 and 2007, with one exception.
Web links
- Ebel Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ebel Hills on geographic.org (English)