Krall Crags
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 27 ' S , 166 ° 48' E | |
The Krall Crags are two 1400 m high and rocky mountain peaks on the Antarctic Ross Island . They tower 2 km west-northwest of Abbott Peak on the northwest slope of Mount Erebus .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2000 on the recommendation of the New Zealand geochemist Philip Raymond Kyle. It is named after the American Sarah Krall, who worked for the National Science Foundation on Ross Island for more than ten years in various functions .
Web links
- Krall Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Krall Crags on geographic.org (English)