It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2008 after Karl A. Erb who played a major role in guiding the United States Antarctic Program as both the National Science Foundation (NSF) Senior Science Advisor in the mid 1990s and subsequently as Director of the Office of Polar Programs from 1998 until 2007 and beyond.

During his tenure as the Senior Science Advisor, he helped to guide NSF through the process of justifying and then securing Congressional funding for the redevelopment of the South Pole Station.

A roughly circular, mound-shaped mountain with several low summits at the edge of Ross Ice Shelf, standing at the west side of the mouth of Shackleton Glacier.

A narrow rock spur, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long, extending northwest from the southwest portion of Mount Speed, standing just east of Kosco Glacier where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf.

A prominent peak 1,270 metres (4,170 ft) high, with a large, bare cirque in the north slope, standing near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, just E of the lower part of Kosco Glacier and 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) SW of Oppegaard Spur.

A double-peaked, saddle-shaped mountain 1,170 metres (3,840 ft) high, on the west side of Shackleton Glacier, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Mount Franke.

Named by US-ACAN for Nelson R. Cole, Aviation Machinist's Mate with USN Squadron VX-6, who lost his life in a helicopter crash in the McMurdo Sound area in July 1957.

So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Party (1964-65) because of the abundance of the mineral epidote which gives the peak a spotted appearance.

A steep-sided, jagged mountain (2,030 m) of metamorphic rock which overlooks the west side of Shackleton Glacier just east of Mount Butters.

A roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) wide, with an elevation somewhat over 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) high, located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the east part of the Bush Mountains.