The Gallipoli Heights () are a group of peaks and ridges centered south-southeast of Monte Cassino, in the

Freyberg Mountains The Freyberg Mountains () are a group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg, by the Northern Pa ...

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 ...

, Antarctica. They were named in association with

Lord Freyberg Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. Freyb ...

and the nearby Freyberg Mountains by the Northern Party of the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...

(NZGSAE), 1963–64.

Location

The Gallipoli Heights are in the south of the Freyberg Mountains, to the south of Monte Cassino, the

Moawhango Névé Alamein Range () is a range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geolo ...

and the

Alamein Range Alamein Range () is a range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geolog ...

. The

Salamander Range Salamander Range () is a distinctive linear range between Canham Glacier and Black Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains, Antarctica. The range was named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963–6 ...

is to the northeast,

Evans Névé Evans Névé () is a large névé which nourishes Tucker Glacier, Mariner Glacier, Aviator Glacier, Rennick Glacier and Lillie Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The névé was named in honor for Edgar Evans of the ill-fated British Antarctic E ...

is to the southeast and south, and the

Rennick Glacier Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches ...

is to the west. There are various isolated peaks and

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

s rising from the ice around the Gallipoli Heights.

Features

Saddle Hill

. A small saddle-shaped table rising from the east end of the northern ridge of the Gallipoli Heights. The name is descriptive of the appearance of the hill when viewed from the north. Named by the

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board pl ...

(NZ-APC) on the proposal of P.J. Oliver,

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(NZARP) geologist who studied the hill, 1981-82.

Buttress Peak

. A peak at the east end of the central ridge of the Gallipoli Heights. The descriptive name was suggested by P.J. Oliver, NZARP geologist who studied the peak, 1981-82.

Painted Peak

. A peak rising from the north part of Russet Hills in the Gallipoli Heights. Descriptively named by the NZ-APC on the proposal of P.J. Oliver, NZARP geologist who studied the feature, 1981-82. Ignimbrite and dacite breccia cut by dikes of andesite and dacite give the peak many colors.

Russet Hills

. A line of hills trending east–west for and forming the southern ridge of Gallipoli Heights. Named by the NZ-APC on the proposal of P.J. Oliver, NZARP geologist who studied the hills, 1981-82. Named descriptively from the red-colored ignimbrite rock of this feature.

Nearby features

Monte Cassino

. A peak, high, at the southeast side of

. Named by the Northern Party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, for the association with Lord Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Black Stump

. A prominent but low mountain southeast of Monte Cassino The feature is a black peaked mass of andesite rock, possibly the stump of an old volcano. Descriptively named by NZARP geologist P.J. Oliver, who studied the mountain in the 1981-82 season.

Lookout Nunatak

. A nunatak lying southeast of Monte Cassino. The nunatak is in the middle of an icefall overlooking Gallipoli Heights to the southwest. So named by NZARP geologist P.J. Oliver because the nunatak served as a lookout on the initial visit to the area in the 1981-82 season.

Mount Jackman

. A mountain, high, standing south of Mount Baldwin in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Warren A. Jackman, photographer, a member of the United States ArmyRP Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.

Mount Massell

. A mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Jackman. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the US-ACAN for Wulf Massell, Biolab Manager at McMurdo Station in 1967.

Salvador Nunatak

. A nunatak north of Schumann Nunatak, in the southwest part of Freyberg Mountains. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the US-ACAN for Anthony Salvador, ionospheric physics researcher at McMurdo Station in 1967.

Schumann Nunatak

. A nunatak south of Salvador Nunatak, at the southwest end of Freyberg Mountains. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the US-ACAN for Edward A. Schumann, cosmic ray researcher at McMurdo Station in 1967.

Cameron Nunataks

. A small cluster of nunataks rising above the west margin of Evans Névé, at the south end of Freyberg Mountains. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the US-ACAN for Roy E. Cameron, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Coates Rocks

. A small group of rocks in the northwest part of Evans Névé, at the south side of Freyberg Mountains. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos 1960-64. Named by the US-ACAN for Donald A. Coates, United States ArmyRP geologist at Hallett Station, summer 1964-65, and McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

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