GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



LEVER GLACIER: glacier, about 2 mi. wide at 

 its mouth and at least 5 mi. long, flowing SW. into 

 the head of the northern arm of Beascochea Bay, 

 on the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°31'S., 

 63°33'W. This glacier was first sighted and 

 roughly surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Char- 

 cot. It was resurveyed in 1935 by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, and later named for William H. Lever, 2d 

 Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles, who 

 contributed toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934-37. 



LEVICK, MOUNT: peak about 9,100 ft. in el., 

 standing W. of Mt. Melbourne and E. of Mt. Baxter, 

 in Victoria Land; in about 74°16'S., 163°33'E. 

 First charted by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13, 

 and named for G. Murray Levick, surgeon with the 

 expedition. 



LEWIS, CAPE: ice-covered cape at the W. side 

 of Maury Bay, on Banzare Coast; in about 66°30'S., 

 124°25'E. Delineated from aerial photographs 

 taken by USN Op. Hjp., 1946-47, and named by 

 the US-ACAN for Thomas Lewis, gunner on the 

 sloop of war Peacock of the USEE under Wilkes, 

 1838-42. 



LEWIS GLACIER: the northerly of two glaciers 

 flowing E. into Seligman Inlet, on the E. coast of 

 Palmer Pen.; in 67°45'S., 65°38'W. The glacier 

 was photographed from the air by the USAS in 

 1940. It was charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who 

 named it for William Vaughan Lewis, British 

 glaciologist and lecturer at the Dept. of Geography, 

 Cambridge University. 



Lewis Island: see Tonkin Island. 



LEWIS ISLET: small rocky islet, lying close in- 

 side the E. side of the entrance to Davis Bay, and 

 marking one of the few rock outcrops along Clarie 

 Coast; in about 66°00'S., 134°30'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Thomas 

 Lewis, gunner on the sloop of war Peacock of the 

 USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42. 



LEWIS PEAKS: two prominent peaks, about 

 3,500 ft. in el., standing on the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen. close E. of Day I.; in 67°15'S., 67°30'W. First 

 roughly surveyed in 1909 by the FrAE under Char- 

 cot. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS who named 

 it for Flight Lt. John Lewis, pilot of the Auster 

 airplane which was used from the John Biscoe 

 for reconnaissance of ice conditions in Marguerite 

 Bay in February 1950. 



LEWIS POINT: point marked by rocky exposures 

 on its N. side and surmounted by an ice-covered 

 dome about 1,700 ft. in el., at the S. side of the 

 mouth of Anthony Gl., on the E. coast of Palmer 



Pen., in 69°54'S., 62°25'W. 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 exp. for testing purposes. 



LEWTHWAITE STRAIT: strait about 2.5 mi. 

 wide, lying between Coronation I. and Powell I. 

 in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°42'S., 45°08'W. 

 Disc, in December 1821 during the joint cruise of 

 Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer. 

 Mr. Lewthwaite was a teacher of navigation in 

 Prince's Street, Rotherhithe (London) . Powell left 

 the chart and journal of his Antarctic exploration 

 with Lewthwaite before sailing on his last exp., 

 on which he met his death. Not adopted: Lewth- 

 waite's Strait, Spencers Straits. 



LIARD ISLAND: triangular island about 6 mi. 

 long, rising to about 2,000 ft. in el., situated in 

 the north-central portion of Hanusse Bay, off the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°51'S., 67°25'W. 

 Disc, and named by the FrAE under Charcot, 

 1908-10. 



LIBOIS BAY: small bay on the W. side of 

 Cholet Islet which is entered between Rozo Pt., 

 the NW. end of Cholet Islet, and Paumelle Pt., 

 the NW. end of Booth I., off the W. coast of Palmer 

 Pen.; in 65°03'S., 64°02'W. First charted by the 

 FrAE under Charcot, 1903-5, and named by him 

 for F. Libois, second mechanic and carpenter of 

 the exp. ship Frangais. 



Lichen Island: see Vegetation Island. 



LICHEN PEAK: peak, about 1,000 ft. in el., 

 standing about 20 mi. E. of Mt. Saunders, in the 

 Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 76°53'S., 145°12'W. Disc, in December 1934 by 

 the ByrdAE sledge party under Paul Siple, and 

 so named because of the lichens and other botani- 

 cal specimens obtained there. 



LIfiGE ISLAND: roughly triangular-shaped 

 island, about 8 mi. long in a NE.-SW. direction and 

 about 6 mi. wide, lying immediately NE. of Bra- 

 bant I. in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°03'S., 61°53'W. 

 Charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Ger- 

 lache, who named it for the province of Liege, 

 Belgium. Not adopted: Liege Island, Liege Island, 

 Liittich Island. 



LIGHT, CAPE: cape forming the S. side of the 

 entrance to Keller Inlet and the N. end of Smith 

 Pen., on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 74°15'S., 

 60°48'W. Disc, and photographed from the air 



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