Name details

Murray Foreland

Murray Foreland (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Murray Foreland  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 129224

Feature type: Head (2h)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A high ice-covered peninsula, 20 mi long and 10 mi wide, forming the northwestern arm of the Martin Peninsula on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Grover E. Murray, American geologist, member of the Board of Directors, National Science Foundation (1964-), president of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (1966-76).

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Location

Latitude:
74° 00' 00.0" S
-74.00000°
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Longitude:
114° 30' 00.0" W
-114.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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