McAllister Hills

McAllister Hills
Asgard Range is located in Antarctica
Asgard Range
Asgard Range
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
RegionVictoria Land
Range coordinates77°28′29″S 160°22′06″E / 77.474837°S 160.36846°E / -77.474837; 160.36846 (McAllister Hills)

The McAllister Hills (77°28′26″S 160°22′05″E / 77.474°S 160.368°E / -77.474; 160.368 (McAllister Hills)) are a hill group or bastion between Shapeless Mountain and Wright Upper Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.[1]

Name

The McAllister Hills were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 2004 after Major George R. McAllister of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, an LC-130 command pilot in a pre-season McMurdo Station to South Pole Station flight on October 16, 1999.[1]

Features

McAllister Hills north of center of mapped region

Koltermann Peak

77°28′45″S 160°22′41″E / 77.479264°S 160.378169°E / -77.479264; 160.378169. A peak 2,166 metres (7,106 ft) high in the east part of McAllister Hills. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Major David Koltermann, 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, co-pilot of the LC-130 aircraft in a pre-season McMurdo to South Pole Station flight, October 16, 1999.[2]

Hawthorne Bluff

77°29′10″S 160°21′18″E / 77.486096°S 160.354972°E / -77.486096; 160.354972. A rock bluff at the south end of McAllister Hills. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Ann Parks Hawthorne, photographer, Washington, D.C., who photodocumented the United States Antarctic Program in several field seasons, 1984-2003.[3]

Delinski Glacier

77°30′35″S 160°20′16″E / 77.509842°S 160.337651°E / -77.509842; 160.337651. A glacier flowing south into Wright Upper Glacier between McAllister Hills and Prentice Plateau. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after George F. Delinski, Jr., Geography Discipline, United States Geological Survey, cartographic technician in the preparation of United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps of Antarctica, 1966-2004.[4]

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Sources

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