Zuncich Hill
| Zuncich Hill | ||
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| height | 1075 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 142 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Zuncich Hill is a sweeping and 1075 m high hill in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It rises between the head ends of the Siemiatkowsky and El Sayed glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Lieutenant Joseph L. Zuncich of the US Navy Reserve Forces, navigator of a Lockheed LC -130 Hercules in Operation Deep Freeze in 1968.
Web links
- Zuncich Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zuncich Hill on geographic.org (English)