Keel Hill
| Keel Hill | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Keel Hill is a small, ice-free hill in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises on the northern flank of the McGregor Glacier at a distance of 2.5 km east of Crilly Hill .
Participants in the Texas Tech University expedition to the Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) named him after Elbert E. Keel, a member of the United States Army flight unit that provided logistical support for the research trip.
Web links
- Keel Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Keel Hill on geographic.org (English)