Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about 25 nautical miles long and over 2,000 metres high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Gurkha Peak and Hallam Peak.
Gurkha Peak
Peak
Gurkha Peak is a peak rising to about 900 metres between Crescent Glacier and Von Guerard Glacier on the north slope of the Kukri Hills, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Hallam Peak
Peak
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about 25 nautical miles long and over 2,000 metres high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Spaulding Pond
Lake
Taylor Valley is an ice-free valley about 18 nautical miles long, once occupied by the receding Taylor Glacier. It lies north of the Kukri Hills between the Taylor Glacier and New Harbour in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Kukri Hills
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,000 metres
- Description: hill chain in Antarctica
- Categories: hill chain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.66067° or 77° 39′ 38″ southLongitude
163.27526° or 163° 16′ 31″ eastElevation
2,000 metres (6,562 feet)Named after
kukriOpen location code
2VJ587QG+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 11108994492OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6636432Wikidata ID
Q6442557
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kukri Hills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kukri Hills”
- Chinese: “庫克里山”
- Dutch: “Kukri Hills”
- German: “Kukri Hills”
- Hebrew: “גבעות קוקרי”
- Italian: “Colli Kukri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kukri Hills”
- Swedish: “Kukri Hills”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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