Mount Allan (other)
Mount Allan is the name of several places: Places ;In Antarctica *Mount Allan (Antarctica) ;In Australia * Mount Allan station, Northern Territory, a former pastoral lease on which Yuelamu is located (also spelt Allen) ;In Canada *Mount Allan (Canada), a mountain which is the site of the Nakiska ski resort ; In New Zealand * Mount Allan (New Zealand), in The Silverpeaks, a range in the Otago Region See also *Mount Allen (other) Mount Allen is the name of several places and things worldwide: Places ;In Antarctica * Mount Allen (Ellsworth Mountains) *Mount Allen (Victoria Land) ;In Australia *Mount Allen, New South Wales *Mount Allen (Station), Northern Territory, a former ...

Mount Allan (Antarctica)
Mount Allan () is the largest massif (1,600 m) in the Traverse Mountains, isolated to the north and south by low passes, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas J. Allan (1940–66), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) radio operator at Stonington Island, 1965–66, who lost his life while sledging with J.F. Noel John Fraser Noel (1942-1966) was an engineer from Cardiff, Wales, who died in Antarctica in 1966. Noel was a diesel mechanic for the British Antarctic Survey at Stonington Island in 1965–1966. He died in May 1966, in a sledging accident, tr ... near Tragic Corner, Fallieres Coast, in May 1966. Mountains of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ...
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Mount Allan Station
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England * Mounts, Indiana, a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States People * Mount (surname) * William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician Computing and software * Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible * Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems Displays and equipment * Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe * Mounting board, in picture framing * Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings * Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.: ** To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display ** To ...
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Yuelamu
Yuelamu, also known as Mount Allan, Mount Allen, Alpirakina, and Alpirakinga, is a small town in the Northern Territory, Australia, located north-west of Alice Springs, Its altitude is . Yuelamu had a population of 220 at the . It falls within the local government area of the Central Desert Regional Council, the governing land council is the Central Land Council, and it lies in the Gwoja electoral division of the Northern Territory. The land is owned and managed by the Yalpirakinu Aboriginal Land Trust, on land south of Mount Denison Station. It lies on land which was formerly Mount Allan Station, also spelt Mount Allen Station, which was carved out of the traditional lands of the Anmatyerre and Warlpiri peoples. Today, most of the population is of these two nations, and they still speak their languages at home. The Yuelamu Art Gallery and Museum was officially opened by Hazel Hawke on 16 April 1988. There is an airstrip close by, from which there are flights to and from ...
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Mount Allan (Canada)
Nakiska is a ski resort in western Canada, in the Kananaskis Country region of the province of Alberta. It is located from Calgary, west on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and south on Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail). "Nakiska" is a Cree word meaning "to meet" or "meeting place." Set on the east face of the southern end of Mount Allan, Nakiska has 64 trails with four chairlifts (3 high-speed quads and 1 double), 1 Reg Magic Carpet and 1 Monster Carpet) set up over an area of . The longest run has , from a top lift-served elevation of to the base at . Nakiska is owned by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which also owns the Fernie, Kimberley, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Mont Sainte Anne, and Stoneham ski resorts. History The site was selected in 1983 and opened for skiing in the fall of 1986, in preparation for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Pre-Olympic races on the North American Cup circuit (Nor-Am) were held in December 1986 and World Cup downhill and super G races were held ...
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Mount Allan (New Zealand)
Mount Allan is the name of several places: Places ;In Antarctica *Mount Allan (Antarctica) ;In Australia *Mount Allan station, Northern Territory, a former pastoral lease on which Yuelamu is located (also spelt Allen) ;In Canada *Mount Allan (Canada), a mountain which is the site of the Nakiska ski resort ; In New Zealand * Mount Allan (New Zealand), in The Silverpeaks, a range in the Otago Region See also *Mount Allen (other) Mount Allen is the name of several places and things worldwide: Places ;In Antarctica * Mount Allen (Ellsworth Mountains) *Mount Allen (Victoria Land) ;In Australia *Mount Allen, New South Wales *Mount Allen (Station), Northern Territory, a former ...

The Silverpeaks
The Silverpeaks (sometimes spelt Silver Peaks) is an area of rough forest and tussock and scrub covered hill country inland and to the northwest of Dunedin, New Zealand. The area is largely uninhabited; the main indication of human activity is the Taieri Gorge Railway, which preserves the route of the former Otago Central Railway that runs along the steep-sided valley of the Taieri River. Much of the area lies within the Silverpeaks Scenic Reserve. Background A network of walking tracks crisscross the area. From Pulpit Rock, trampers descend the Devil's Staircase into a lush valley just a short distance from Jubilee Hut. Access to these tracks is mainly via Double Hill Road, a rural road that leaves SH1 close to Waitati, and from several rural roads that leave SH87 between Outram and Middlemarch. Several of the peaks rise to above 600 metres. The highest points in the Silverpeaks include Silver Peak (753 m), known in Māori as Huatea,Place names'' on Kāti Huirapa Runak ...
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