The mountains stand in isolation about 140 km (90 mi) southwest of the head of Lutzow-Holm Bay.
The mountains were discovered and photographed from aircraft by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Guido Derom on 8 October 1960.
With permission from King Baudouin of Belgium, the mountains were named after his newly wedded wife Fabiola.
In November–December 1960, the mountains were visited by a party of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957–1962, which made geomorphological and geological surveys.
[2] With a mass of 13.7 kg (30.2 lb), Yamato 000593 is the second largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth.