Anne Hill
| Anne Hill | ||
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| height | 2079 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Anne Hill with an altitude of 2079 m the most striking mountain of the ridge Radian Ridge of the Royal Society Range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises on the east side of the Lava Tongue Pass .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain after the New Zealand geologist Anne Catherine Wright (* 1954, later married Wright-Grassham), who between 1977 and 1978 involved a New Zealand team on geodetic surveys in the area of this mountain and for the United States Antarctic Research Program between 1982 and 1986 on Ross Island , Minna Bluff , Mount Discovery and Mason Spur .
Web links
- Anne Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anne Hill on geographic.org (English)