Shewry Peak
| Shewry Peak | ||
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| height | 1065 m | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 45 '30 " S , 63 ° 36' 58" W | |
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The Shewry Peak , a 1,065 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1050 m ) high mountain on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the end of a rocky ridge that extends north from Mount William .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1954 and surveys and taking aerial photographs in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1957 after Arthur Lucien Shrewry (1923 – unknown), who worked in 1955 as an assistant for the survey at the Arthur Harbor station .
Web links
- Shewry peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shewry Peak on geographic.org (English)