Shewry Peak

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Shewry Peak (64°45′S, 63°38′W) is a peak, 1,065 m, marking the end of the rock ridge which extends northward from Mount William in the south part of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed from the east by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1944, and resurveyed and photographed in 1955. 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.

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