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Mawson Peninsula
Mawson Peninsula
is a high , narrow, ice-covered peninsula on the
George V Coast
, on the west side of the
Slava Ice Shelf
, Antarctica, terminating in Cape Hudson. It extends for over in a northwesterly direction. The peninsula was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy
Operation Highjump
, 1946–47, and was sketched and photographed by
Phillip Law
of the
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
who flew along it to its northern end in February 1959. It was named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia
for Sir
Douglas Mawson
.
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