Allan Hills
The Allan Hills are a group of hills, mainly ice free and about 12 nautical miles long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in the Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica.- Peak rising to 1,895 metres (6,217 feet)
- …is also known as “Allan Nunatak”
- …is named after Professor Robin Sutcliffe Allan
- Description: part of the Transantarctic Mountains
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Watters and Windwhistle Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shimmering Icefield and Halle Flat.
Allan Hills
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-76.71667° or 76° 43′ south
Longitude
159.66667° or 159° 40′ east
Open location code
2RMX7MM8+8M
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natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Allan Hills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Allan Hills”
- Chinese: “阿倫山”
- French: “Collines d’Allan”
- German: “Allan Hills”
- Hausa: “Dutsen Allan”
- Japanese: “アラン・ヒルズ”
- Latvian: “Elana kalni”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Allan Hills”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Allan Hills”
- Norwegian: “Allan Hills”
- Swedish: “Allan Hills (kulle)”
- Swedish: “Allan Hills”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scythian Nunatak and Roscolyn Tor.
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