McAllister Hills

The McAllister Hills (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]

McAllister Hills
Asgard Range
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Victoria Land
Range coordinates	77.474837°S 160.36846°E / -77.474837; 160.36846 (McAllister Hills)

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

77.479264°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

77.486096°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

77.509842°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]