Name StatusApprovedFeatureHillNZ Gazette Reference2001 (48) p.1094DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionFeature # 64 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. A prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the E part of Ross Island between Mount Terror and Cape Crozier. The hills extend E-W for 8 mi, rising from sea level at Cape Crozier to c.2600 m in Mount McIntosh at the W end of the group. Local relief of features is on the order of 200 m. Named by US-ACAN (2000) after Philip R Kyle, Professor of Geochemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, who worked extensively in Antarctica over 28 field seasons, 1969-2000; completed six seasons under NZARP auspices, 1969-76; principal investigator on numerous NSF research projects in 23 seasons of field work under USAP auspices, 1977-2000, with focus on long-term research of the volcano Mount Erebus; in charge of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, 2000.
