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Murray Foreland
Murray
Foreland
is a high ice-covered
peninsula
, long and 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
for
Grover
E. Murray, American geologist,
member of the Board
of Directors,
National Science Foundation
, president of
Texas Tech University
,
Lubbock, Texas
.