Long Gables facts for kids
The Long Gables (78°11′S 86°14′W / 78.183°S 86.233°W) are prominent twin peaks, with heights of 4,150 and 4,110 metres (13,620 and 13,480 ft), joined by a col, with the lower rock exposures being in the form of steep buttresses. The peaks rise from the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica between Mount Anderson and Mount Viets. They surmount Burdenis Glacier to the southeast, Gerila Glacier to the east and Fonfon Glacier to the northeast.
The peaks were discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party of 1957–58 under Charles R. Bentley, and were named for brothers William E. Long and Jack B. Long. Jack Long was a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party and a participant in many oversnow traverses and other Antarctic research activities in the following decade. William 'Bill' Long was a member of the 1966 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition which completed first ascents of Mount Vinson, Mount Shinn, Mount Gardner, Mount Tyree, Long Gables (on January 12, 1967) and Mount Ostenso.
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