The feature was discovered by William R. MacDonald of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), December 18, 1966, while on a photographic mapping mission of this area aboard a Super Constellation aircraft crewed by the U.S. Navy VXE-6 Squadron.
The ice rise was first mapped from these photos by the USGS.
The name was proposed by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Derek R. Gipps, a Senior Executive Officer with the British Antarctic Survey, 1961–73.
[1] This article incorporates public domain material from "Gipps Ice Rise".
This Palmer Land location article is a stub.