Random Hills
Group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica
title: "Random Hills" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hills-of-victoria-land", "borchgrevink-coast", "volcanoes-of-victoria-land", "miocene-volcanoes"] description: "Group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/hills-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_Hills" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Random Hills |
| region | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
| country | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
| range_coordinates | |
| :: |
| name= | photo= | photo_caption= | native_name= | map=Antarctica | label=Random Hills | map_caption= | region=Victoria Land, Antarctica | region_type = | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | parent= | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | highest= | elevation_ft= | range_coordinates = The Random Hills () are a group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They are bounded on the west by Campbell Glacier and on the east by Tinker Glacier and Wood Bay. They are centered about 15 nmi) north-northwest of Mount Melbourne.
Exploration and name
The Random Hills were named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1966–67, because of the random orientation of the ridges which comprise the feature.
Geology
The Random Hills are part of the Melbourne Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. K–Ar or Rb–Sr dating has given ages of 12.63 ± 0.17 million years and 12.43 ± 0.16 million years for Random Hills hawaiite.
Location
The Random Hills lie between the Tinker Glacier Tongue to the east, Baker Rocks on the Mount Melbourne peninsula to the south, and Bier Point and the Campbell Glacier to the west. The Burns Glacier separates the hills from Pinckard Table to the east. The Clausnitzer Glacier flows eastward through the hills to join the Tinker Glacier.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/C74193s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Melbourne.jpg" caption="Northern Foothills between ice shelf and sea in south center of map"] ::
Features and nearby features include:
Harrow Peaks
Mount McGee
Baker Rocks
Bier Point
Pinckard Table
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74193s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Melbourne.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-03 |title=Mount Melbourne |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
References
- "K/Ar and Rb/Sr dating of McMurdo Volcanic Group (north of Campbell Glacier)". [[Geological Society of America]].
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