Altar Mountain
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arena Saddle and Footscrew Nunatak.
Arena Saddle
Mountain saddle
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Footscrew Nunatak
Peak
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Ashtray Basin
Valley
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Altar Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,000 metres
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.89201° or 77° 53′ 31″ southLongitude
160.87593° or 160° 52′ 33″ eastElevation
2,000 metres (6,562 feet)Open location code
2VJ24V5G+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 7949565805OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Altar Mountain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Altar Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Altar Mountain”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔山”
- Dutch: “Altar Mountain”
- German: “Altar Mountain”
- Ladin: “Altar Mountain”
- Low German: “Altar Mountain”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altar Mountain”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altar Mountain”
- Swedish: “Altar Mountain”
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