Murphy Wall
Murphy Wall (54°5′S 37°24′W / 54.083°S 37.400°WCoordinates: 54°5′S 37°24′W / 54.083°S 37.400°W) is a series of north-south trending peaks, the highest 905 m, resembling a wall along the west side of Grace Glacier on the north side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist who made observations and collections in the Bay of Isles in 1912-13 for the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
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