Guest Peninsula
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Guest Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula about 45 mi (70 km) long between Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land. Mitchell Peak, located on the peninsula, was sighted by the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929. This feature was defined and mapped as Guest Island by the United States Antarctic Service Expedition in 1940. It was determined to be a peninsula by U.S. Geological Survey cartographers from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy, 1962-65. Named for Amy Guest, contributor to the second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35.
As originally charted, the westernmost portion of what was then thought to be Guest Island was within the Ross Dependency claimed by New Zealand, but none of the peninsula is actually within the claimed sector.
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