Keys Hill (77°17′S 166°35′E / 77.283°S 166.583°E / -77.283; 166.583) is a hill about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) high located at the head of Shearwater Glacier, 2.2 nautical miles (4 km) west-southwest of the summit of Mount Bird in northwestern Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2000 after Gordon Keys, a leader of long term New Zealand Antarctic Programme atmospheric research, 1985–95.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Keys Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

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