Feature Name (see definition): Zilva Peaks

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16949

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): Two conspicuous peaks between the two arms of Drummond Glacier in Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for S.S. Zilva of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, one of the principal investigators in the work which led to the production of synthetic vitamin C. He helped in the calculation of the sledging rations of many British polar expeditions between World War I and II.

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