Trilling Peaks

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title: "Trilling Peaks" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-mac.-robertson-land"] description: "Mountains in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-mac-robertson-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilling_Peaks" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountains in Antarctica ::

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Exploration

Trilling Peaks was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Trillingnutane (the triplet peaks). Not: Trillingnutane.

Features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Framnes_Mountains_Satellite_Image_Map_Trilling_Shark.jpg" caption="Trilling Peaks and [[Shark Peak]]"] ::

Features include:

Price Nunatak

Main article: Price Nunatak

Price Nunatak has an elevation of about 1170 m. It has two peaks, with a deep wind scour between them. The northern peak has a variable lichen flora.

Watson Nunatak

Main article: Watson Nunatak

Van Hulssen Nunatak

Main article: Van Hulssen Nunatak

Van Hulssen Nunatak has an elevation of about 1330 m. Lichens have been collected on the southern faces of the nunatak and on the western scree slopes.

Notes

References

Sources

• {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-11-07 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.|publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
• {{citation |url=https://www.antarctica.gov.au/site/assets/files/64898/ar_82.pdf |accessdate=2023-11-28 |last=Filson |first=Rex B. |title=The Lichens and Mosses of Mac. Robertson Land |year=1966 |publisher=Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs Australia}}
• {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/framnes_sat |accessdate=2023-11-18 |title=Framnes Mountains Satellite Image Map |publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}

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