Lewis Rocks
| Lewis Rocks | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ′ S , 147 ° 55 ′ W | |
The Lewis Rocks are a 5 km long series of ledges in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Phillips Mountains of the Ford Ranges, they loom southwest of the base of Mount June .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named this formation in 1970 after the geologist John Hubbard Lewis (* 1929), who worked from 1967 to 1968 was part of a team from the United States Antarctic Research Program exploring the Fosdick Mountains .
Web links
- Lewis Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lewis Rocks on geographic.org (English)