Long Gables
| Long Gables | ||
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| height | 4150 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Long Gables ( German Long-Giebel ) are a striking mountain with double peaks ( 4150 m and 4110 m ) in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains between Mount Anderson and Mount Viets .
He was discovered by the so-called Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party , a team mainly to explore the Marie Byrd Land between 1957 and 1958. They named the mountain after Jack Becker Long (* 1934), a member of this and other teams for exploring the Antarctic .
Web links
- Long Gables in Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Long Gables on geographic.org (English)