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Murray Foreland (74°0′S 114°30′W) is a high ice-covered Antarctic 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).

See also

• Hadley Point

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Murray Foreland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

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Das Murray Foreland ist eine vereiste, 30 km lange und 16 km breite Halbinsel an der Bakutis-Küste des westantarktischen Marie-Byrd-Lands. Sie bildet den nordwestlichen Seitenarm der Martin-Halbinsel.

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