Scar Hills (63°25′S 57°1′W / 63.417°S 57.017°W / -63.417; -57.017) is a small ridge of hills, with numerous glacial striae, extending from the head of Hope Bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast along the southeast shore, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered and named "Schrammenhugel" by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04. An English translation of the name has been approved.

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