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Anne Hill () is the most prominent hill on
Radian Ridge Radian Glacier () is a glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range, descending from a high cirque just southeast of Mount Rucker and flowing east toward Walcott Glacier. In the measurements made of this glacier by the Victoria University of ...
in the Royal Society Range of
Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
. It rises to at the east side of
Lava Tongue Pass Lava Tongue Pass () is a prominent north–south gully at bisecting Radian Ridge in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, ...
. It was named after Anne C. Wright (later Anne Wright-Grassham), a geologist with, firstly, the New Zealand Geological Survey field party in this area, 1977–78, then with
United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
field parties, 1982–83, 1983–84, and 1985–86 seasons, with work at
Ross Island Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by New ...
, Minna Bluff, Mount Discovery, Mount Morning, and Mason Spur.


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* Hills of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub