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Sequence Hills () is an escarpment-like hills on the west margin of the upper
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 reache ...
, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of
Caudal Hills The Caudal Hills () are a group of hills situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica the hills lie between the Sequence Hills and the Lichen Hills on the western margin of upper Rennick Glacier. A series of spurs "tail" out to the north, hence the n ...
,
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. I ...
. They provided the only good geological sequence in the area. Mapped and named by the northern party of
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), 1962–63.


See also

* Barren Bluff * Waring Bluff Hills of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub