Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lewis Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lewis Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small rocky island on the eastern side of Davis Bay, about 30 m from the continental ice cliffs of Wilkes Coast. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The first landing was made on the island by an ANARE party on 7 January 1956. Named by USACAN after T. Lewis, gunner on the sloop of war Peacock, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Wilkes.
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