The hill was named by the UK Antarctic Place - Names Committee in 1959 for Sir James Lancaster in 1601 .
Sir James Lancaster is an English navigator of the East India Company who was responsible for the first regular use of fruit juice to prevent scurvy on ships .
The hill was named by the UK Antarctic Place - Names Committee in 1959 for Sir James Lancaster , an English navigator of the East India Company who was responsible for the first regular use of fruit juice to prevent scurvy on ships , in 1601 .