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Guest Peninsula

Index Guest Peninsula

The Guest Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula about long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 15 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Block Bay, Denfeld Mountains, Ford Ranges, Fosdick Mountains, General Foods, Marie Byrd Land, Marshall Archipelago, National Geographic Society, Richard E. Byrd, Sulzberger Ice Shelf, United States Antarctic Program, United States Antarctic Service Expedition, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Geological Survey.

  2. Peninsulas of Marie Byrd Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Block Bay

Block Bay is a long ice-filled bay lying east of Guest Peninsula along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Denfeld Mountains

The Denfeld Mountains are a group of scattered mountains between Crevasse Valley Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Ford Ranges

The Ford Ranges are a collection of mountain groups and ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Fosdick Mountains

The Fosdick Mountains are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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General Foods

General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.

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Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.

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Marshall Archipelago

The Marshall Archipelago is an extensive group of large ice-covered islands within the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

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Richard E. Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

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Sulzberger Ice Shelf

Sulzberger Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about long and wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Edward VII Peninsula and Guest Peninsula in Antarctica.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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United States Antarctic Service Expedition

The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury.

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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS; known as the Survey of the Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the United States Coast Survey from 1836 until 1878) was the first scientific agency of the United States Government.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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See also

Peninsulas of Marie Byrd Land

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_Peninsula

Also known as Birchall Peaks, Butcher Nunatak, Chester Mountains, Davis Saddle, Guest Island, Mackey Rock, Maigetter Peak, Mitchell Peak (Antarctica), Mount Corey, Neptune Nunataks, Swarm Peak.