Allan Hills

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Allan Hills
Highest peak Ballance Peak ( 2330  m )
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
part of Transantarctic Mountains
Allan Hills (Antarctica)
Allan Hills
Coordinates 76 ° 43 ′  S , 159 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 76 ° 43 ′  S , 159 ° 40 ′  E
Map from 1962, Allan and Coombs Hills in the southern half of the map west of the Convoy Range

Map from 1962, Allan and Coombs Hills in the southern half of the map west of the Convoy Range

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The Allan Hills are a group of mainly ice-free hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . They extend over a length of 12 miles immediately northwest of the Coombs Hills near the head ends of Mawson Glaciers and Mackay Glaciers .

The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped them and named the hills after the New Zealand geologist Robin Sutcliffe Allan (1900-1966) from the University of Canterbury .

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