Murray Foreland

Murray Foreland (74°0′S 114°30′W / 74.000°S 114.500°W / -74.000; -114.500Coordinates: 74°0′S 114°30′W / 74.000°S 114.500°W / -74.000; -114.500) is a high ice-covered peninsula, 37 kilometres (20 nmi) long and 19 kilometres (10 nmi) 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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