Law Landing
| Law Landing | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Ranvik | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 55 '20 " S , 77 ° 54' 34" O | |
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Law Landing (from English landing 'landing' ) is a pebble beach on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It's on the Macey Peninsula .
A team from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , led by the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law , who gave it its name, landed here on January 11, 1957 with the transport ship Kista Dan in search of a location for a research station. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia made the naming in 1991.
Web links
- Law Landing in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)