Levy Island

Levy Island (66°20′S 66°35′W / 66.333°S 66.583°W / -66.333; -66.583Coordinates: 66°20′S 66°35′W / 66.333°S 66.583°W / -66.333; -66.583) is an isolated snow-covered island in Crystal Sound, Antarctica, about 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) east of Gagge Point, Lavoisier Island. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1958–59). The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Henri A. Levy,[1] an American physical chemist who, with S.W. Peterson, determined the location of the hydrogen atoms in ice by neutron diffraction, in 1957.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Levy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  2. ↑ Peterson, S. W.; Levy, H. A. (1957). "A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of heavy ice". Acta Crystallographica 10: 70. doi:10.1107/S0365110X5700016X.

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