Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Allan Hills (AUS) | 76° 43' 09.9" S | 159° 39' 00.7" E | Hill |
Name ID: 655
Place ID: 229
A group of hills, mostly ice-free, 'Y' shaped in plan, about 15 km NNW of Mount Brooke. The hills lie in the most south-westerly sources of the Mawson Glacier (Ross Dependency). Discovered by the New Zealand party of the TAE (1957-58). |
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Allan Hills (NZL) | 76° 43' 00.0" S | 159° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 139330
Place ID: 229
A group of hills, mostly ice-free, 'Y' shaped in plan, northwest from Coombs Hills, across Odell Glacier. The hills lie in the most southwesterly sources of the Mawson Glacier (Ross Dependency). Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MC06 |
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Allan Hills (RUS) | 76° 44' 00.0" S | 159° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 116790 Place ID: 229 | |||
Allan Hills (USA) | 76° 43' 00.0" S | 159° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 121702
Place ID: 229
A group of hills, mainly ice free and about 12 mi long, lying just NW of Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson and Mackay Glaciers. Mapped by the N.Z. party (1957-58) of the CTAE and named for Prof. R.S. Allan of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. |
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