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Snow Hills () is a two snow-covered hills, one 240 m, the other 265 m and 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) to the west. Located 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of Cemetery Bay in the east-central part of
Signy Island Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese. The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea ...
. The lower, eastern hill was charted and named "Snow Hill" by DI personnel on the ''
Discovery II ''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska. Hist ...
'' in 1933. In local usage the name Snow Hills has become established for both hills. Hills of Antarctica {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub