Feature Name (see definition): Krall Crags

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17825

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
77° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
166° 48' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 166.8

Elevation (see definition): 1400

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2000

Description (see definition): Two rock summits rising to over 1400 m on the NW slope of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. The feature is 1.2 mi WNW of Abbott Peak. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Sarah Krall who worked over 10 years in providing support to science in Antarctica. She was cook and camp manager at the lower Erebus Hut during the 1992-93 NSF-NASA Dante robot experiment on Mount Erebus. She also managed the food room at McMurdo Station, was the hovercraft pilot, and has also been a helicopter technician.

Date Created (see definition): 10/25/2000

Date Edited (see definition): No data