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Shewry Peak

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Location
  
Antarctica

Shewry Peak

Elevation
  
1,065 metres (3,494 ft)

Shewry Peak is a peak marking the end of the rock ridge which extends northward from Mount William in the south part of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was surveyed from the east by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944 and resurveyed and photographed in 1955. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Arthur L. Shewry of FIDS, general assistant at the Arthur Harbor station in 1955.

Map of Shewry Peak, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shewry Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Shewry Peak Wikipedia