This page presents the geographical name data for
Lewis Chain in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Lewis Chain
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8772
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
80° 23' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
026° 50' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-80.3833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-26.8333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
A chain of four rock nunataks on the W side of Gordon Glacier in the Shackleton Range. First mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1957; photographed by U.S. Navy (trimetrogon aerial photography) in 1967. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Squadron Leader John H. Lewis, RAF, senior pilot of the RAF contingent of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Lewis Chain in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Lewis Chain information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Lewis Chain should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.