Mount Lewis

Mount Lewis
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height	1450 m
location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	77 ° 14 ′ 30 ″ S , 161 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 77 ° 14 ′ 30 ″ S , 161 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E

Mount Lewis is a 1450 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Saint Johns Range, it looms at the southwest end of Rutherford Ridge . The rock gable on its southwestern front is an easily recognizable landmark .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2008 after Adam R. Lewis from North Dakota State University , who made a significant contribution to the understanding of the Cenozoic vegetation in the Antarctic dry valleys .

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