[3] Allan Hills are in the shape of the letter "Y", with the open end pointing roughly northwards, and encompassing the Shimmering Icefield.

The closest mapped feature to the ice patch north of the Mackay Glacier was a low-lying, roughly Y-shaped ridge called Allan Hills."

[5] ALH 84001, arguably the most famous meteorite from Allan Hills, was found in 1996 to have features in the likeness of microscopic fossils of bacteria which suggested the highly controversial claim that there was once life on Mars, leading to Bill Clinton making a speech about the meteorite and its implications if the hypothesis were confirmed.

[6] Later, the microscopic features had been able to be explained via means not requiring life to be present, leading to a majority of the scientific community rejecting this hypothesis.

Along the Shipton Ridge, the Triassic Feather Formation lies next to the Weller, followed by the Triassic Lashley Formation, which continues from Halle Flat and Roscolyn Tor, through Toltec Butte, until the northerly end of the ridge at Lavallee Point.

Reconnoitered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition, 1964, and named after Marie Slopes, authority on Carboniferous palaeobotany, and hence associated with the geology of the area.

Reconnoitered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the name because of its frequently nacreous luster when viewed against the sun.

Reconnoitered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964) who gave the name because of the swine-backed appearance of the feature in profile.

The Allan Hills Expedition named it after Eric Shipton, Himalayan mountaineer, because of his association with Professor N.E.

The Allan Hills Expedition named it after Doctor Edna P. Plumstead for her work on Glossopteris fossils, especially those from Antarctica.

A rock spur to the north of Coxcomb Peak in northern Shipton Ridge, Allan Hills, Victoria Land.

The spur was named by the Allan Hills Expedition after John Francis Kirkaldy (1908-90) Professor of Geology, Queen Mary College, London.

The Allan Hills Expedition gave the name after Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris who has made outstanding contributions to Mesozoic paleobotany.

The Allan Hills Expedition gave the name after Thore Gustaf Halle, whose pioneering work (1913) on Antarctic fossil plants forms part of the scientific reports on Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04.

The Allan Hills Expedition named it after a similar dolerite feature, Dennes Point on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

A cirque in the southern part of Shipton Ridge, about 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) southwest of Roscolyn Tor.

A high sandstone feature about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Warren Peak.

A valley 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Windwhistle Peak in the Allan Hills.

The Allan Hills Expedition named it after Professor Otokar Feistmantel, who made pioneering studies of Gondwana flora.

Rock outcrops about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west of Gadarene Ridge.

The Allan Hills Expedition found the feature to be continually shrouded in drifting snow and named it after the land of the Scythians which, according to the Romans, had this peculiarity in common.

[36] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.