Keel Hill (85°6′S 174°13′W / 85.100°S 174.217°W / -85.100; -174.217) is a small ice-free hill, standing at the north side of McGregor Glacier, about 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) east of Crilly Hill, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for Specialist 5th Class Elbert E. Keel, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Keel Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-16.

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Description: A small ice-free hill, standing at the N side of McGregor Glacier, about 1.5 mi E of Crilly Hill, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for Specialist 5th Class Elbert E. Keel, member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition.


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