Law Promontory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Law Promontory (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Promontory
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A promontory about 28 km across, situated just west and north-west of Stefansson Bay. This feature appears to have been first mapped with an accuracy by William Scoresby in February 1936. It was photographed from the air by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and subsequently plotted on the Hansen Atlas Sheet 5 as Breidhovde. First visited by an ANARE party led by Peter W. Crohn in May, 1956. Named after Phillip Law who flew over and photographed this feature in February 1954.
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