Lewis Sound (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lewis Sound (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Sound
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:
running NW-SE between Lavoisier Island and Krogh Island to NE and Watkins Island to SW, Biscoe Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers in cold-climate physiology grouped in this area, named Lewis Passage after Sir Thomas Lewis (1882-1945), English physiologist who investigated the responses of the blood vessels of the skin to environmental temperature; member, Medical Research Council, 1933-37 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA, 1961, Continued ...
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