Kyle Cone
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Kyle Cone is an exposed volcanic cone on the Antarctic Ross Island . Not far from Cape Crozier at the eastern end of the island, it rises 1.9 km west-northwest of the summit of The Knoll .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the New Zealand geochemist Philip Raymond Kyle (* 1947), who was involved in studies of this volcanic cone between 1969 and 1970 as part of a campaign by Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions .
Web links
- Kyle Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kyle Cone on geographic.org (English)