Slight Foreland

	Slight Foreland
	; Topographic map of the Martin Peninsula with the Slichter Foreland (top right)
	Geographical location
Coordinates	74 ° 7 ′ S , 113 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 74 ° 7 ′ S , 113 ° 55 ′ W
location	Walgreen Coast , Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Waters 1	Amundsen lake
Waters 2	Philbin Inlet
Waters 3	Singer Glacier
Waters 4	Dotson Ice Shelf
length	24 km
width	16 km

The Slichter Foreland is an icy, 24 km long and 16 km wide peninsula on the Walgreen coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It forms the northeast branch of the Martin Peninsula .

The United States Geological Survey first mapped the headland using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) in January 1947. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the US physicist Louis B. Slichter (1896– 1978) from the University of California, Los Angeles , who was entrusted with the development of the scientific program for the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and the training of a number of dedicated geophysicists .

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