Bills Gulch
Location of Hemimont Plateau on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Bills Gulch (68°5′S 65°50′W / 68.083°S 65.833°WCoordinates: 68°5′S 65°50′W / 68.083°S 65.833°W) is a glacier on the southeast side of Hemimont Plateau, the northern of two glaciers flowing east from the plateau upland into the head of Trail Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. This glacier was used by the sledge party under Paul H. Knowles which traversed the Antarctic Peninsula from the East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on its way to Hilton Inlet in 1940. It was named by USAS for a lead dog that died at this point. The unlikely name has been approved because of its wide use on maps and in reports.
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