Kyle Hills is a prominent group of volcanic cones

Volcano

2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the east part of Ross Island

Ross Island

Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...

 between Mount Terror

Mount Terror (Antarctica)

Mount Terror is a large shield volcano that forms the eastern part of Ross Island, Antarctica. It has numerous cinder cones and domes on the flanks of the shield and is mostly under snow and ice. It is the second largest of the four volcanoes which make up Ross Island and is somewhat overshadowed...

 and Cape Crozier

Cape Crozier

Cape Crozier is the most easterly point of Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 during James Clark Ross's expedition with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was named after Francis Crozier, captain of HMS Terror...

. The hills extend east-west for 8 nautical miles (15 km), rising from sea level at Cape Crozier to c.2600 m in Mount McIntosh

Mount McIntosh

Mount McIntosh is a mountain rising to c.2600 m in the west part of Kyle Hills, Ross Island. It stands at the northwest end of Lofty Promenade, 1.5 nautical miles east of the summit of Mount Terror. The mountain is conspicuous because of diagonal bands of rock and ice on the north face. At the...

 at the west end of the group. Local relief of features is on the order of 200 m. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) (2000) after Philip R. Kyle, Professor of Geochemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico....

, Socorro, NM, who worked extensively in Antarctica over 28 field seasons, 1969–2000; completed six seasons under New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) auspices, 1969–76; principal investigator on numerous National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

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 (NSF) research projects in 23 seasons of field work under United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program

United States Antarctic Program is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. It co-ordinates research and the operational support for research in the region...

 (USAP) auspices, 1977–2000, with focus on long-term research of the volcano Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost historically active volcano on Earth, the second highest volcano in Antarctica , and the 6th highest ultra mountain on an island. With a summit elevation of , it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mount...

; in charge of the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, 2000.