Ali Shan
| Ali Shan | ||
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| height | 133 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Larsemann Hills | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 22 '49 " S , 76 ° 17' 40" E | |
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The Ali Shan ( Chinese 阿里山 ; in Australia Three Man Peak , English for 'three-man peak') is a 133 m high and rocky hill on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . He stands out in the song Promontory in the Larsemann Hills . Its summit is dominated by a rock cone.
Scientists from Taiwan made its measurement and naming in 1993. It is named after a mountain of the same name in Taiwan. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it, however, after the three-person team that had determined its position here in 1987 using Doppler satellites .
Web links
- Ali Shan in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)