- Murray Foreland
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Murray Foreland (74°0′S 114°30′W / 74°S 114.5°W) is a high ice-covered peninsula, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, forming the northwestern arm of the Martin Peninsula on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (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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