Lewis Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lewis Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Point marked by rocky exposures on its N side and surmounted by an ice-covered dome, 510 m, standing at the S side of the mouth of Anthony Glacier, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940. During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Col. Richard L. Lewis of the Army Quartermaster Corps, which furnished field equipment and clothing to the RARE for testing purposes.
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