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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Arena Saddle and Footscrew Nunatak.
Arena Saddle
Mountain saddle
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed…
Footscrew Nunatak
Peak
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed…
Ashtray Basin
Valley
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed…
Altar Mountain
- Peak rising to 2,000 metres (6,562 feet)
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.89201° or 77° 53′ 31″ south
Longitude
160.87593° or 160° 52′ 33″ east
Open location code
2VJ24V5G+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Linnaeus Terrace and Plane Table Glacier.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brawhm Pass and University Peak.
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