Rils Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rils Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
coastal nunatak, approx 125 m.a.s.l. and 200m long, north coast of Charcot Island, between Mount Monique and Mount Martine, Marion Nunataks, Charcot Island. First seen 1910 by FAE, photographed from the air by USN, 1947. Visited by BAS geologists, January 1975. Named after Dr Ronald I. Lewis-Smith, (b. 1942) BAS plant biologist (1964-2002), first biologist to visit the site, December 1997, and to recognise the unique flora found there. Dr Lewis-Smith's initials, RILS, are well known in the field of Antarctic botanical papers and publications (APC 2007).
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