Bill Hill
| Bill Hill | ||
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| height | 41 m | |
| location | Seymour Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 15 '30 " S , 56 ° 44' 20" W | |
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The Bill Hill is a 41 m high hill on the West Antarctic island of Seymour . It rises southwest of the Cross Valley near Bertodano Bay .
Scientists discovered here from 1993 to 1994, numerous fossils of invertebrates . Polish scientists named it in 1999 after the US geoscientist William John Zinsmeister (* 1946) of Purdue University , who had researched the paleontology of molluscs on Seymour Island as part of the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Bill Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)