Russet Hills
# Russet Hills

Russet Hills (72°27′S 163°47′E﻿ / ﻿72.450°S 163.783°E﻿ / -72.450; 163.783) is a line of hills trending east–west for 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) and forming the southern ridge of Gallipoli Heights in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) on the proposal of P.J. Oliver, New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geologist who studied the hills, 1981–82. Named descriptively from the red-colored ignimbrite rock of this feature.

## Features

Geographical features of Russet Hills include:

* Painted Peak

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