Lewis Peaks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lewis Peaks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
twin peaks rising to c. 950m on W side of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, were roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10, in 1909; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in September 1948 and named after Flight Lieut. (later Group Capt.) J.H. Lewis, RAF (Lewis Chain, q.v.), Senior Pilot with FIDS, 1949-50, who flew the Auster aircraft used for sea-ice reconnaissance in the relief of "Stonington Island" by John Biscoe in February 1950 (Mount St. Louis, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961).
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